In 2006, as part as part of a longer piece, I posted a detailed complaint about the failure of the Republican Party in NYC to provide the voters with general election choices.

Given the failure of Vito Lopez's real political opponents to mount a write-in campaign for a credible candidate, Republican Richy Martinez looked to be the only Republican (other than those who cast a vote in the legislature for same sex marriage, or are running against a member of the Barron family) who was a sure-shot for a Gatemouth endorsement.

But then Martinez said, in regard to Lopez: 

A lesson learned:  “Rope a Dope” is NOT a good debate strategy.

At the Atlantic Antic nine year old Dybbuk asked "who was that guy who was pretending to like you."

"That was Bill DeBlasio; he's next in line to the Mayor. Aren't you impressed?"

Cuomo doesn't mind if any Republican uses his likeness in an ad, so long as it's accurate.

Hakeem Jeffries won a landslide mandate from the enrolled Democrats of the 8th Congressional District. Why is CBID inviting the Green Party candidate running against him to speak at their meeting?

Most Jewish voters seem to agree with the substance of the President’s position on Israel. According to the Forward’s JJ Goldberg:

Barack Obama: I always joke that my intellectual formation was through Jewish scholars and writers, even though I didn’t know it at the time.