by Dominic Carter | Apr 25, 2012 | News, Politics
Let’s face it. If you’re City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the race for NYC Mayor can’t get here fast enough. Quinn who has a shot at making history not only as the first woman mayor of the Big Apple, but also as the first openly gay mayor of the...
by Dominic Carter | Apr 17, 2012 | News, Politics
You knew it was coming. It had to be on the way. After all it’s Mitt Romney. One step forward, two steps backwards. Sure enough, on Sunday, reporters overheard Romney telling wealthy Palm Beach, Fla., contributors how he would slash education and housing...
by Dominic Carter | Apr 16, 2012 | News, Politics
Rep. Ed Towns (D-N.Y.) is retiring after 30 years in Congress. Towns will not seek re-election later this year for the re-drawn 8th Congressional seat. The 77-year-old was to face a tough primary fight against two Democratic challengers, New York City Councilman...
by Dominic Carter | Apr 13, 2012 | News, Politics
One of the few mementos that I proudly keep is a 2008 “Hillary for President” media pass. It’s bright yellow, and is from the Iowa caucuses. I remember the night well in Des Moines at her victory night celebration. Halfway down, on the paper...
by Dominic Carter | Apr 11, 2012 | News, Politics
Rick Santorum, the conservative former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, bowed out of the race for the GOP nomination Tuesday — but not from the fight to unseat President Obama. “This Presidential race is over for me (but) we are not done fighting,” Santorum said in a...
by Dominic Carter | Apr 4, 2012 | News, Politics
Numerically it may not officially be over… but with his sweep of Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, D.C., Mitt Romney is on a trajectory to the nomination. Romney also crossed an important symbolic threshold Tuesday night, passing the halfway mark in his march...
