Keating: Obama’s re-election outlook
Like it or not, the 2012 presidential election season is well under way. With the first Republican primary coming in January – just over five months away – candidates already have been raising money...
View ArticleHahn: Stop the madness
It seems every four years we are told that this is the most important election of our lives. Maybe 2012 is. We are about to embark on a campaign to determine if we go forward or backward as a nation....
View ArticleKeating: Newt’s turn on the GOP roller coaster
The Six Flags Great Adventure theme park in New Jersey is home to the Kingda Ka roller coaster. According to the park’s website, the coaster ranks as tallest in the world and fastest in North America,...
View ArticleFile under: For what it’s worth
A survey of LI biz owners says the GOP will win November.
View ArticleTexting offers promise and peril to campaigns
Text messaging is posing both new opportunities and dangers for America’s political campaigns. The most widely used form of mobile communication, it has become one of the most effective ways for...
View ArticleSchmitt: Facts can be politically inconvenient
The upcoming legislative redistricting process in Nassau County
View ArticleCalone: Fair elections good business for NY
New York needs a new campaign finance system.
View ArticleNonprofits toe dangerous line during elections
Federal tax law requires nonprofits to avoid politics: They cannot endorse candidates, fundraise for them or in any way sway the electorate in their favor.
View ArticleMondello: A political challenge across the aisle
The ball is now is Jay Jacobs' court for rebuttal.
View ArticleWatt: 3 steps to killing political corruption
Ways to stop the pay-for-play schemes in Albany.
View ArticleKominicki: Supreme Court moves US forward
The world has changed in the 40 years since the Voting Rights Act was enacted.
View ArticleWatt: Lack of trust breeds dysfunction
What's missing from politicians is accountability.
View ArticleSamuels: LI’s humble lawmakers
If there’s anything politicians love more than baby-kissing photo ops, it’s anniversaries: grand opportunities to puff their chests about policies implemented, laws passed, good deeds done. Especially...
View ArticleSamuels: This Election Day is a yawner
The race for Nassau County executive is the most interesting on LI.
View ArticleKeating: Economic, political election lessons
Odd-number election years tend to be localized and don't have a huge national impact.
View ArticleClement: Editorial endorsements irrelevant
The local media landscape has changed dramatically.
View ArticleNY Senate GOP against public campaign funds
Senate Republican spokesman Scott Reif says Tuesday public funding of campaigns would divert resources that could be used to bolster schools and cut taxes.
View ArticleMarlin: LI’s political winners and losers
George Marlin's commentary on Long Island’s political winners and losers for the year 2013.
View ArticleMarlin: Mayor de Blasio eschews civility
The inauguration of Bill de Blasio was a dump-fest on outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
View ArticleLocal marketers see opportunities overseas
Long Island ad agencies are breaking into international business markets using nothing but their own merit
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