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DraftRudy.com Newsletter #7: Building on Victory
Submitted by admin admin on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 12:06am.Wow! What an election day!
Tonight it will be one week since Americans from every corner of this great land stepped up and made their voices heard – and, what a sound it was! From New Hampshire to Washington State, Americans came out to vote for freedom and lower taxes and against massive over-reaching government. We voted against the idea that “a little intellectual elite, in a far distant capital, can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves.”
Returning to a vibrant Northeast
Submitted by Sudipta Bandyopadhyay on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 10:14pm.I just watched Rudy Giuliani and Chris Christie on the Sean Hannity show. Rudy was supporting Chris Christie for Governor of New Jersey later this year, and as a proud New Jerseyan, I was reminded of yet another reason why I'm supporting Rudy and Christie for Governors of New York and New Jersey: Democrats have held power for so long in the Northeast that they've been corrupted by it.
Corruption happens often in politics and it happens in both parties, and it's inexcusable whenever it does happen-- but there's no arguing, it's happening more often and more prevalently among Northeastern Democrats than anywhere else in the country (except possibly Chicago). The reason is obvious: Democrats have held power for so long that they now take it for granted. They see public office not as a responsibility, but as a way to be above the law (Spitzer and Dodd), to tax the masses (Corzine and Paterson), and to gain personally at the expense of the public (Dodd).
As far as I can tell, the only thing that is keeping Gov. Paterson’s poll numbers from not dropping into the negative territory (while I realize that this not possible there isn’t much more down he can go in positive numbers) is that he seemingly has support from President Obama, who, at least for now, has better than 60% approval rating nationally, and probably even higher among New Yorkers.
DraftRudy.com Newsletter #2: The People Want Rudy! The State of New York State and Gov. Paterson’s “Soviet-style bureaucracies”
Submitted by admin admin on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 12:36am.Dear Rudy Supporters,
According to an article in the February 23rd edition of the New York Times by Danny Hakim and Nicholas Confessore, entitled “Conceding Errors, Paterson Vows to Regain Trust,” in the short time immediately after he became Governor, Gov. Paterson assembled his staff for an organizational conference to shape the agenda, “But the real surprise, said several people who attended, came when Mr. Paterson spoke on the second day. He seemed unfocused, even rambling, in a brief appearance, offering few clues about what he wanted to do as governor and leaving many staff members confused and frustrated. Almost a year into his governorship, Mr. Paterson still seems adrift, many who interact with him say, and even some in his own party are privately questioning whether he has the capacity to lead the state.” [1]
