NY-GOV

Carl Paladino's Bumbling Takes Backseat To Even Zanier Cast Of NY-GOV Candidates

Jillian Rayfield | October 18, 2010, 8:59PM

New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino

If the competition was "Who Can Get The Best Zinger" in tonight's debate in the race for New York Governor, then Republican nominee Carl Paladino "ummm"'ed and "uhhh"'ed" his way to last place next to the other colorful candidates, who made up for the debate's low-key tone with some choice jokes and one-liners.

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NY-GOV

With A Little Help From Roger Stone, Spitzer's Madam Planning Her Political Debut

Evan McMorris-Santoro | February 8, 2010, 5:32PM

Former Manhattan madam and current NY Gov. candidate Kristin Davis

Notorious Republican political operative Roger Stone is getting involved in the New York gubernatorial race. But he's got nothing good to say about the Republican frontrunner in the race. No, Stone told me today, in one of the state's darkest hours New Yorkers should turn to the woman Eliot Spitzer called when he was feeling down -- convicted madam Kristin Davis.

Davis has said she was one of the madams Spitzer dealt with before he resigned from the governor's office in 2008. She spent four months in jail for her crimes and is still in probation. Now, Stone said she's got the platform to shake up the race for Spitzer's old job. He describes it as "pure libertarianism."

"Prostitution, marijuana, gay marriage and guns," Stone said, listing the things Davis would push to legalize if elected.

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