Josh Benson

Is Anthony Weiner past the punchline phase yet?:

A conversation with "Up" host and Salon writer Steve Kornacki about the pre-candidacy of Anthony Weiner.

Bio: Josh Benson is a co-founder and co-editor of Capital. He was previously an editor and reporter at The New York Observer, and he wrote about New Jersey for The New York Times.

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Josh Benson commented on What we don't know about Joe Lhota

Dana Rubinstein, who writes for this site, has so far gotten more out of Lhota on his general political philosophy than anyone I know of. She and others have asked for more. The unknowns here are the issues on which Lhota, the candidate, has yet to say (or maybe even decide) what he thinks.

Posted on January 3rd, 2013 1:39pm

 
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What's the point of being Speaker Boehner?

Steve Kornacki: I still think he's safe for now, and that the real question is how much longer he's willing to put up with living the life of a powerless House speaker. More

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on January 3rd, 2013 8:40am

 
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What we don't know about Joe Lhota

What's the real problem with Joe Lhota's prospective mayoral bid? We don't really know yet. More

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on December 20th, 2012 1:48pm

 
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A gap in the city's hurricane response, and a volunteer army's attempt to fill it

On November 6, eight days after Hurricane Sandy’s surge waters flooded the streets, I started volunteering in the Rockaways, where I stayed for much of the next three weeks. More

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on December 18th, 2012 1:04pm

 
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Chirlane McCray, political asset

Did you hear about the "weirdest development yet in the race for mayor"? More

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on December 6th, 2012 4:16pm

 
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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

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on November 27th, 2012 3:00pm

 
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Mitt Romney and the Republicans' white guy problem

The simplest explanation of what happened to Mitt Romney, more compelling than the storm and the ground game and Nate Silver and Chris Christie and the up-ticking economy and "47 percent," even though all of those things mattered, is that there aren't enough voters now who like the agenda that the Republican Party sent Romney into the general to sell. More

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on November 7th, 2012 1:46pm

 
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The Brooklyn Islanders: what's left to lose?

On Long Island, when I was little, the Islanders were sort of a big deal. More

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on October 24th, 2012 2:57pm

 
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What kind of debate does Joe Biden want?

A conversation with Salon political writer and MSNBC co-host Steve Kornacki about the vice presidential debate. More

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on October 11th, 2012 2:13pm

 
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Bloomberg doesn't care about parties, except maybe the Tea Party

Michael Bloomberg defines himself, in the context of the great national debates of our time, as a centrist. More

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on October 11th, 2012 9:21am

 

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