Source: http://www.capitaltonight.com/2010/12/dinapoli-makes-another-appointment/
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
DiNapoli Makes Another Appointment
Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has been busy this week, announcing several members of his new staff. He just released a statement with another appointment. Stephen Hamilton will be his new Inspector General, replacing George King who had been in that role since 2007. According to the release, Hamilton served as Special Counsel for the Office of
Gordon got it wrong
Concede and move on. That was always the mantra of Team New Labour when something went wrong.
Interesting then that Douglas Alexander has just delivered an important speech about what has gone wrong for Labour on the economic argument. In it he concedes that his old boss and mentor, Gordon Brown, got it wrong on the politics of the deficit and made it look as if Labour were in denial about the need to cut public spending.
His key quote is that:
"[R]epeated refusal by some to use the word 'cut' for many months after the global financial crisis and the repetition of phrases like 'Mr 10%' gravely damaged voters' confidence that we got it...too many people still got to polling day with the impression that Labour preferred to talk about familiar political dividing lines rather than future policy consequences."
The person who refused to use the word "cuts", labelled their opponent "Mr 10%" and preferred to talk about dividing lines lived in No 10.
Let's be clear. Labour's shadow work and pensions secretary is not criticising Gordon Brown or Alistair Darling's economic policy.
"We got the recession response right, and yes that meant a temporarily higher deficit, but the politics wrong in leaving the impression that we were too unwilling to talk about the consequences of our decisions.
"I believe that the label of 'denial' was defied by the fiscal plan laid out by Alistair...In making the right judgements during the crisis, we saved the taxpayer from the untold cost of a recession turning into a depression. But, as with every important choice you make in government, there was a price to be paid - the public got that and they were worried that we didn't."
In terms of "moving on" Douglas warns that the experience of the United States where there's been a "jobless recovery" could be repeated here and notes, interestingly, that that was one of the causes of the rise of the Tea Party Movement.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nickrobinson/2010/11/gordon_got_it_w.html
?Aunt Sandy Claus?
Sandra Lee is very, VERY into Christmas. Not only does she have seven trees at the white-on-white Mt. Kisco home she shares with Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo – each dectorated with a different theme – but she also signed her most recent “Semi-Homemade” blog post “Aunt Sandy Claus.” (H/T Politics on the Hudson). Ms. Claus/Lee revealed
Source: http://www.capitaltonight.com/2010/12/aunt-sandy-claus/
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Stay classy Globe and Mail?
The Globe and Mail burns the Prime Minister… [Link]
Source: http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2010/12/stay-classy-globe-and-mail/
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Emanuel way ahead in new poll, but still faces big hurdle
(CNN) – A new poll of Chicago voters suggests former Obama top-aide Rahm Emanuel is well on his way to...
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More Trouble For Bradley (Updated)
Four White Plains Common Council members are calling for a special meeting this evening for the sole purpose of considering a resolution expressing “no confidence” in Mayor Adam Bradley following his recent conviction on five of nine criminal charges stemming from domestic abuse of his estranged wife. Bradley, a former assemblyman, has rejected calls for
Source: http://www.capitaltonight.com/2010/12/more-trouble-for-bradley/
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