When your opponent reacts to your message, it is a significant moment in a campaign.
Politics
Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)’
Nearly 75 years after a chartered plane carrying the 28 migrants crashed, another chartered plane carrying migrants is in the news.
It’s time to have a debate about debates again
For challengers, debates provide a means to increase name recognition, but incumbents have little to gain.
Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Her Majesty’
Why choose a 23-second Beatle song that wasn’t even listed of Abbey Road when the record was released?
A tale of two polls
The big campaign news over Labor Day Weekend was a poll showing Lee Zeldin only four points behind Kathy Hochul.
Rights not exercised may become rights lost
Government may erode constitutional guarantees in the absence of the watchful eye of the governed.
Sharp Notes Monday: ‘She Works Hard for the Money’
Not only does Donna Summer’s 1983 hit single tell the story of a hard-working blue-collar woman; it was inspired by a real-life encounter.
A handshake and a look in the eye still matter
Candidates have more technology at the fingertips than ever, but retail politics continues to play a major role in today’s political campaigns.
Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Money Changes Everything’
Songs about money are a likely place to look for a Sharp Notes Monday selection about student loan forgiveness. We settled on Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Money Changes Everything.’
Zeldin takes Hochul’s advice and goes to Florida (but it’s Florida, New York)
Kathy Hochul’s comment that Lee Zeldin is not a New Yorker brought back memories of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 remarks about ‘deplorables.’
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