Topic: Anthony Weiner

Democrat faces close race in New York stronghold

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The election to replace Anthony Weiner, who resigned from Congress after being revealed as an internet womanizer who used Twitter to send lewd pictures of himself, is more competitive than anyone expected.Republicans are hoping for an upset in ...

Weiner vs. Ensign: A study in contrasts

So when a creepy congressman who has a sexting disorder becomes a distraction and liability, fretting Democrats line up to defenestrate him. But when an even creepier senator has an affair with a staffer, reveals himself to be a world-class hypocrite and ...

House Speaker Boehner urges Weiner to resign

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the Congress Tuesday joined a growing chorus of bipartisan calls for Democratic lawmaker Anthony Weiner to resign in the face of an Internet sex scandal.A day after the House of Representatives granted Weiner a two-week ...

Congressman Weiner seeks treatment after sex scandal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Representative Anthony Weiner defied calls on Saturday from party leaders to resign and said he would instead seek treatment and a leave of absence after being snared in an Internet sex scandal.The 46-year-old New York congressman announced his ...

Pelosi seeks House ethics probe on Weiner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Monday called for an ethics panel probe into the conduct of Representative Anthony Weiner after he admitted having Internet sex relationships with a number of women."I am calling for an Ethics Committee investigation ...

NY congressman gets threatening letter

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The office of Representative Anthony Weiner on Thursday received a threatening letter containing an unidentified white powder, his office said."Earlier today an envelope containing white powder and a threatening letter was delivered to my community office in Kew ...

Bloomberg Snatches a Rival's Consultant, Again

Michael Bloomberg's campaign hired away Basil Smikle, a consultant who had been working on Democratic Representative Anthony Weiner's campaign.Basil hadn't submitted an invoice to the Weiner campaign since August.This follows the almost-official acquisition of Hank Sheinkopf, a consultant many expected to work ...

Mayoral Poll: Bloomberg Leads, Ties With Democrats

According to a new Quinnipiac poll of this year's mayoral election, Michael Bloomberg would beat both of his Democratic challengers in a head-to-head match-up. Bloomberg leads Representative Anthony Weiner 50-35, and Comptroller Bill Thompson 50-34.Among Democratic voters, Bloomberg does well. Bloomberg ties ...

Weiner and Sheekey, Doing the City's Business

So, what about Kevin " Sheekeys meeting with the guy running against his boss, Representative Anthony Weiner? "Anthony and Kevin put politics aside and focused on the City's needs in DC," Weiner's spokesman John Collins said via email.The meeting came to light ...

Elsewhere: Kuhl's Loss, Klein's Future

A city Board of Elections official tells actor Tim Robbins--who had an outburst on Election Day--that he was at the wrong polling site. A Rochester blogger thinks Randy Kuhl lost because he eschewed town halls.Spitzer-toppling U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia is expected to ...
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