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Trump’s miserable month
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
RICH LOWRY 
Dec 18, 2022
So far, Donald Trump is having the worst campaign launch since Beto O’Rourke. Like almost everything else he’s done lately, his early announcement of ...
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Don’t count Trump out yet
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
RICH LOWRY 
Nov 15, 2022
Donald Trump is in his weakest political state since 2015 or early 2016. During his presidency, when he was at the center of countless intense controv...
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Zeldin, Hochul to take part in TV debate tonight
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BRENDAN J. LYONS Times Union 
Oct 25, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul and U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin are scheduled to face off tonight in what is expected to be their only debate and as some po...
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Why predictions of abortion driving votes are flopping
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Tribune News Service 
Oct 23, 2022
When the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision came down in June and overturned Roe v. Wade, pro-lifers everywhere rejoiced. Their efforts over the last 50 y...
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Republicans and bias in midterm polls
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
BYRON YORK 
Oct 12, 2022
Republicans always believe the polls are slanted against them. That belief has sometimes caused them to misread big political races. In 2012, for exam...
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Hispanics weren’t what progressives thought
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RICH LOWRY 
Oct 04, 2022
One of the most significant events in American politics is that Hispanics are, in effect, deciding that they are working-class voters rather than ethn...
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Is fear for America justified?
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Aug 25, 2022
Two recent polls ought to unsettle us profoundly, because of the extremely dark picture they paint of our country’s short-term future. The first poll ...
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Hochul leads Zeldin in new Siena College poll
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BRENDAN J. LYONS Times Union 
Aug 02, 2022
LOUDONVILLE (TNS) — A Siena College poll of likely voters released Tuesday found Gov. Kathy Hochul has a 14-point lead over Republican challenger U.S....
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GOP overreach can’t last
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
GENE LYONS 
Jul 14, 2022
Two thoughts: First, the Republican dog has finally caught the car it's been chasing for years. A band of right-wing zealots in judge's robes has give...
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DeSantis overtakes Trump in New Hampshire poll
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
BYRON YORK 
Jun 29, 2022
National polls show former President Donald Trump with a commanding lead over all other Republicans for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. The grou...
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Kathy Hochul is on shaky ground
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union 
Apr 28, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — New York is blue. Very blue. You could even argue that no state east of California offers more favorable terrain for Democrats. Gov. Ka...
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The Democrats’ Bidenflation disaster
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
BYRON YORK 
Apr 13, 2022
The government says inflation rose 8.5% in March compared to last year — the the worst it has been in 40 years, since the bad old days of 1981. While ...
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America’s looking for fresh programming
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
DAVID M. SHRIBMAN 
Apr 03, 2022
Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams did it. So did Martin Van Buren and William Henry Harrison. Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison, too. Also Wil...
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