Chris Hayes
MSNBC welcomes Weiner back, with some caveats
Anthony Weiner's rise from a young back-bencher with a debatable legislative record to a national icon for fighting progressives coincided, not coincidentally, with the rise in partisan cable news. More
On MSNBC's Steve Kornacki project
Steve Kornacki feels pretty lucky right now—lucky to have his own weekend show on MSNBC, though in fact he's worked hard to get to this point in his career—but especially lucky to be inheriting a show from Chris Hayes. More
Schneiderman gets a deal on guns, Lhota gets a donation from a Bloomberg
2013
John Catsimatidis spent $267,288.79 in this filing period. [Celeste Katz]
More on George Pataki's endorsement of Catsimatidis. [Carl Campanile]
A writer suggests Quinn may have to do something on the Paid Sick Leave bill just to take an issue away from her opponents. [Garth Johnston] More
A great move for Chris Hayes that's less good for Andrew Cuomo
Gov. Andrew Cuomo now has an antagonist in prime time. More
(2)Cuomo is 'pleased' by the attention on MSNBC, and he should be
Last night, during the 10 p.m. hour on MSNBC, Lawrence O'Donnell offered a long paean to Mario Cuomo for maintaining his opposition to the death penalty even as his 1994 re-election campaign was slipping away from him. Then he compared that act of self-sacrifice to Andrew Cuomo's recent push for new gun laws in New York. More
(1)When will Andrew Cuomo's abandonment of the Senate Democrats get awkward?
Jimmy Vielkind: You'll start to see a change in Cuomo's tune when major, core, New York-based Democratic constituency groups—think 1199—start calling him out. More
(2)The issues-based Democratic argument for Cuomo intervention, made gingerly
On Monday morning, State Senator Mike Gianaris argued, once again, that the progressive agenda outlined by Gov. Andrew Cuomo would be best served by a Democratic majority in the state Senate.
"They're all issues on which the Democratic majority sides with him and the Republicans side against him," Gianaris said on Fred Dicker's radio show.
It's an argument that Cuomo himself has declined to make. More
Cuomo says criticism of his undermining of the Senate Democrats is 'hyperpartisan'
Gov. Andrew Cuomo deflected criticism of his Democratic bona fides this morning, in an appearance on Fred Dicker's radio show.
MSNBC's Chris Hayes and Salon's Alex Pareene both assailed Cuomo for not pro-actively supporting Democratic control of New York's state senate, and encouraging future primary voters to remember Cuomo's position in four years.
Cuomo shrugged it off. More
Christie's reaction to the Republican reaction
Andrew Cuomo is hearing it from the left, and Chris Christie is hearing it from the right. More
What it means when liberals attack Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo spoke at just one event at the Democratic National Convention. On his podium, was the phrase "Celebrate Progressive Leadership." Behind him was a giant banner calling New York—the New York of Mario and Andrew Cuomo—the "Progressive Capital of the Nation." More
