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The fantasy of #PresidentCuomo
Commentary, Nation World, New York
Apr 02, 2020
How nervous are some Democrats about Joe Biden’s chances against President Trump this November? Nervous enough to entertain the notion that another De...
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Cattaraugus County Democratic chairman endorses Biden
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
Mar 07, 2020
Cattaraugus County Democratic Party Chairman Frank Puglisi has endorsed Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. “I do think the New York primary will be in...
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3 political handicapping mistakes to avoid
Commentary, Nation World
Stuart Rothenberg CQ-Roll Call (TNS) 
Feb 12, 2020
A few days ago, I heard a reporter who isn’t an authority on elections or voting behavior say that former Vice President Joe Biden’s problem is that h...
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The Democrats’ ‘wine cave’ dilemma
Commentary, Nation World
Michael Graham InsideSources.com (TNS) 
Dec 27, 2019
What happens in the wine cave stays in the wine cave. At least, that’s how it’s supposed to work in the world of American politics. For decades, Democ...
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The Goddess and the Democrats
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
KRISTEN CHAMBERS Special to the Olean Times Herald 
May 24, 2019
Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom, descends Mount Olympus and summons all 2020 Democratic candidates for president to a meeting. She greets them: “It’s ...
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Primaries haven’t started, but Warren has already lost
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
NICHOLAS L. WADDY Special to The Olean TImes Herald 
Mar 11, 2019
Although the titanic struggle in the Democratic Party between its moderate and liberal/socialist wings has yet to be decided, one thing is certain: th...
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Progressive Perspective: Budgeting for the common good
Commentary, Local Columnists
JEFFREY W. DAVIS, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Jun 27, 2018
One of the core tasks of government is to promote the common good. Pope John XXIII defined “the common good” as “the sum total of social conditions wh...
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Trump says senator ‘would do anything’ for cash
News, Western New York
CATHERINE LUCEY, Associated Press 
Dec 12, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing into the sexual harassment debate, President Donald Trump laced into Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday, tweeting that the N...
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Betsy DeVos woefully unqualified
Commentary, Local Columnists
PATRICK VECCHIO, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Jan 24, 2017
Any U.S. senator who votes to confirm Betsy DeVos as secretary of education should be jammed into a burn barrel and launched into the Potomac River. D...
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A first-name basis relationship runs full circle
Commentary, Nation World
MARTIN SCHRAM Tribune News Service 
Nov 10, 2016
(TNS) In the summer of 1992, Houston was typically broiling, and inside the air-conditioned comfort of the Astrodome, things at the Republican Nationa...
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