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With A Little Help From Roger Stone, Spitzer's Madam Planning Her Political Debut
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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FL-SEN
Is Roger Stone Up To One Of His Dirty Tricks In The FL Senate Race?
Roger Stone
If the Florida Senate race wasn't already exciting enough, Democrats are now suggesting the latest candidate to join the fight is part of a bizarre plot to derail Rep. Kendrick Meek (D) run by the GOP (and/or Big Sugar).
Maurice Ferre, a former Miami mayor, has not won an election since 1993 and left his last political office three years later. But on Oct. 7 he decided to enter the Democratic primary for senate, where he faces an uphill climb against a well-funded and nationally-backed Meek, who had all but cleared the Democratic field months before Ferre got in. Ferre hasn't had to reveal fundraising numbers yet, but he's hired an experienced campaign team that suggests he's prepared to give Meek a serious fight. That would throw a monkey wrench into Meek's campaign machinery, which cleared the field of Dems months ago and is now geared up for the general election.
A growing number of conspiracy theorists say that's exactly why Ferre's a candidate.
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