Obama and New York State Governor David Paterson are now held political hostage by the same enemy, observed The Ithaca Journal.
The economy.
In the Elmira Star-Gazette, Governor Paterson coined 2010 the "year of reckoning" (see "the days of wine and roses are over").
"The days of overspending are finished. The era of irresponsibility is behind us. The age of accountability is here."
Why did it take so long (over 35 years) and so many more dollars in debt ($7.4 billion) for someone in Albany to start channeling former Governor Hugh Carey?
The New York Sun questioned Obama admonishing the highest court on its ruling to loosen restrictions on corporate spending during political campaigns.
"... There was the president of America, standing just a few feet in front and somewhat above, the seated justices of the Supreme Court, and launching into a direct attack on the their honors."
North Country Now had a column complaining how the Supreme Court decision had have/have not implications that gave the wealthy too much influence on elections.
"As if campaign money hadn’t already distorted this country’s politics to favor banks and other money companies, insurance companies, oil, chemical and drug companies, the corporatist activist “Gang of Five” court under John Roberts will make the wealthy wealthier while the rest of us get it in the chops."
"... Other parts of upstate New York would greatly benefit from high-speed rail, as trips between Rochester and Albany would be reduced by almost an hour from the current time it takes, slightly more than 4 hours."
The Buffalo News argued that the "spending sins of state government" causing reduced aid to local school districts shouldn't be passed onto future generations.
"The problem is that, generally speaking, the alternatives— which the Legislature inevitably will prefer— are worse. They include raising taxes and borrowing money. But New York’s tax and debt loads are already intolerable. Do we really want to make them worse, and burden multiple future generations with the consequences of our inability to deal with the problems we caused? Just because they can’t vote for Silver and his followers doesn’t mean they should be sacrificed."
The New York Post ran an editorial praising California U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein for speaking out against having 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other terrorists tried in lower Manhattan.
The Post noted that the White House listened to Feinstein ("How a real senator sounds") and that both New York's U.S. Senators had failed to act like one.
"Memo to Chuck Schumer and Kirsten "Tweety Bird" Gillibrand: This is what can happened when truth is spoken authoritatively to power. Neither of them could summon the guts to do so, even after Bloomberg warned this week that the terror trials could cost the city $1 billion for security and choke downtown business."
With Governor Paterson, Speaker Sheldon Silver, Rep. Peter King and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg all in agreement against the trials being held in New York City, Schumer and Gillibrand obviously serve another master.
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