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Herman Cain Thinks He's a Lock With Black Voters
Herman Cain (Getty) Former Republican presidential primary frontrunner Herman Cain recently sent a mailer to Iowans touting his ability to "lead the Republican party to victory by garnering a large...
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Ron Paul's 'Race War'
Congressman Ron Paul (Getty) A quote from a letter promoting one of Ron Paul's early 1990's politics and investing newsletters has come back to haunt him. In the eight page missive, which was mailed in...
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Senator Gillibrand Calls For Investigation Into Military Hazing and Racism
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (Getty) In the wake of the death of Manhattan soldier Private Danny Chen, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand wants the Defense Department to conduct a system-wide review of incidents...
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Rick Santorum Says He's Done More For African Americans 'Than Any Republican...
Rick Santorum (Getty) At a campaign stop this afternoon in Derry, New Hampshire, a reporter asked Rick Santorum about an event eight days ago where he was quoted singling out blacks as recipients of...
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Which Convention Was More Diverse?
Attendees at the Democratic National Convention (Photo: Getty) CHARLOTTE, NC -- Though the GOP made sure to showcase a diverse group of speakers at the Republican National Convention last week,...
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Sarah Palin Invokes Governor Cuomo and Eskimos to Deflect From ‘Shuck and...
Sarah Palin (Photo: Getty) Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin sparked a controversy yesterday when she posted a note on her Facebook page accusing...
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Local Activist Plans Meeting About the ‘Damage’ a ‘White/Jewish Candidate’...
Thomas Lopez-Pierre (Photo: ThomasLopezPierre.com) Thomas Lopez-Pierre, a Harlem activist with a controversial past who is running for term-limited Councilman Robert Jackson's seat, circulated an email...
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Cuomo Expects to Stay Out of NYC Mayoral Race
(Photo: Getty) Late last night, The New York Times broke the news that M.T.A. Chairman Joe Lhota is considering entering next year's mayoral race as a Republican, and is being strongly urged by former...
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Poll: Christine Quinn Continues to Lead Democratic Primary
(Photo: Getty) Quinnipiac University Polling Institute is out with another survey of New York City voters today and Council Speaker Christine Quinn, with 35 percent of the vote, still posts a wide...
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Queens Bishop Fears ‘Young Jewish Boy’ Will Win Local Council Race
(Pesach Osina) One power broker in southeast Queens fears that the next City Council candidate to represent the 31st Council district will be a “young Jewish boy.” In order to prevent Pesach Osina, an...
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Dov Hikind Calls Criticism of His Blackface Purim Costume ‘Political...
Dov Hikind and his family in their Purim costumes. (Photo: Facebook) Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind is standing by his decision to don a Purim costume that some people have described as offensive...
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Anger Persists After Dov Hikind Addresses His Purim Costume Controversy
Dov Hikind and his family in their Purim costumes. (Photo: Facebook) Assemblyman Dov Hikind held a press conference in front of his home this afternoon responding to the uproar over a story that first...
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Breitbart.com Compares Herman Cain’s Critics to Jim Crow ‘Dog’ and ‘Fire...
The photo that illustrated the Breitbart.com story on Herman Cain. The news that former presidential candidate Herman Cain joined Fox News as a contributor last month got some negative reviews from...
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Peter Vallone Vows to Continue Voicing Loud Viewpoints as Queens B.P.
Congressman Crowley addresses the crowd. Earlier this evening, outspoken Councilman Peter Vallone officially launched his campaign for campaign for Queens Borough President. And, standing before an...
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Sources Say John Liu Will Announce Mayoral Campaign Sunday
(Photo: Getty) Comptroller John Liu is finally ready to take the plunge. Mr. Liu, the last of the remaining major Democratic mayoral candidates who has yet to declare his electoral intentions, will...
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Ruben Diaz, Jr. to Robo-Call for Robert Jackson
Ruben Diaz Jr. is endorsing Robert Jackson for Manhattan borough president. (Photo: Flickr/Ruben Diaz, Jr.) Likely Manhattan voters will begin receiving rob0-calls today from Bronx Borough President...
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What Anthony Weiner’s Schedule Reveals About His Strategy
Anthony Weiner hugs a man in Harlem during his campaign kick-off. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images) It began outside a subway station in Harlem, where Anthony Weiner greeted–and embraced—New Yorkers on...
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Lhota: It Wasn’t Race That Caused David Dinkins to Lose in ’93
Joe Lhota campaigning on the Upper East Side Joe Lhota stepped up to the plate today for his one-time boss, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Mr. Lhota, currently running for mayor himself, sent out a press...
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Poll: Weiner Support Drops After Latest Sexting Controversy
Anthony Weiner's Tuesday press conference. Anthony Weiner's new sexting scandal is taking its toll both on the former congressman himself and his standing in the mayoral race. In the first poll taken...
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Bill de Blasio Finds Himself an Indirect Beneficiary of the Weiner Scandal
Bill de Blasio. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Just weeks ago, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio’s campaign appeared to be treading water. He was behind in the public polls. He had failed to unify...
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