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10 Reasons that Deflate the Bloomberg-for-Governor Trial Balloon
By Edward-Isaac Dovere
Here we go again. For two and a half years, from Kevin Sheekey's first tease the night after Michael Bloomberg (Ind.) won his second term to his February op-ed officially ending his unofficial campaign, the mayor denied that he
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Weighing the Odds for Clinton 2012—for Senate
To some, larger spotlight made her stronger at home, to others, more vulnerable
By Dan Rivoli
Sen. Hillary Clinton's quest to become president is over. Her quest for a third term in the Senate, however, may only just be beginning.When she returns to her regular workday on Capitol Hill, Clinton will hardly be the only senator nursing the wounds of scuttled presidential ambitions. But after two lopsided wins for a Senate seat that was largely seen as a steppingstone to a presidential run, some say she may have her work cut out for her in ...
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Another Victim of the Dewey Curse
Will a New Yorker ever get into the White House again?
By Andrew J. Hawkins
The last time Americans picked a New Yorker for president, they did not have much of a choice: in 1944, there were not one, but two empire state politicians at the top of their ticket. The state, apparently, had reached too far. Franklin Roosevelt won that race, but died not long after. His opponent, Thomas Dewey, ran again in 1948, but despite all the indications in his favor and the pre-printed headlines declaring his victory, Dewey somehow ...
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