State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long said today that he is "leaning toward, without a doubt" supporting Doug Hoffman, a Republican businessman from Lake Placid, to land Row D in the special election to replace Rep. John McHugh.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/07/mike-long-has-a-favorite-in-ny.html#comments#ixzz0MmF1PIPt

HOUSE Democrats are playing a game of Whack-a-Mole as they try to devise a health-reform bill to reengineer one-sixth of our economy: read more here: http://www.nypost.com/seven/07302009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/health_care_compromise__182034.htm


On the campaign trail last year, Barack Obama promised to end the “politics of fear and cynicism.” Yet he is now trying to sell his health-care proposals on fear.
Read more here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204619004574318334081271414.html

More on health care here: http://blog.ntu.org/main/post.php?post_id=4799

And to no one's surprise, NY's economy is still sinking: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hWxU-G6pYY0uitKPa6CQHMi8MMZAD99OROL01