Topic: Rick Lazio

Paladino, tea party support shock GOP as he wins NY governor nomination over LazioPolitical novice and tea party ally Carl Paladino has beaten the Republican designee in the race for the party's nomination for New York governor.Paladino rode a wave of voter ...
Tempest in a tea party seeks to upend established Republican in NY governor's raceA tea party Republican is trying to ride a wave of voter anger as he challenges the GOP leaders' choice in the New York governor's race.The state is holding ...
¶Although they didn't occur in a presidential campaign, Abraham Lincoln's seven face-offs with Stephen Douglas in their battle for Illinois' U.S. Senate seat significantly boosted his profile in national politics and eventually helped him win the presidency in 1860. (He lost the ...

Ground Zero Islamophobia

It's plainly intended to benefit the Republican candidate for governor of New York, Rick Lazio. Along with his consiliere, Rep. Peter King of Long Island, Lazio has come out swinging against Cordoba House, the 15-story mosque and Muslim community center intended by ...
AP Interview: Rep. King, ranking Republican on Homeland Security, questions ground zero mosqueThe ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee says he favors an investigation into the funding of a proposed mosque near ground zero.New York Congressman Peter King says there ...
Republicans vying for NY gov's post squabble as polls favor Democrat Cuomo, not yet announcedIf the national political climate this year is supposed to favor Republicans, participants in the New York governor's race apparently haven't gotten the memo yet.Polls show Democrat Andrew ...
NY Conservative Party leaders give critical backing to former Rep. Rick Lazio for governorLeaders of the state Conservative Party are giving their critical backing for governor to former Rep. Rick Lazio (LA'-zee-oh).The endorsement came Saturday at a meeting of the Conservative Party ...
After playing it coy, Giuliani says he won't run for NY Senate or governor, leaves field openAfter months of playing it coy and flirting with a bid for statewide office, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday that he won't ...
When aides are using the newspapers to settle scores and set up a narrative that exculpates them from responsibility for the expected loss, you know that the circular firing squad is in formation.Earlier this week, John McCain, in an interview with the ...