Cuomo will run for President?

The Albany Times Union tees up a possible run for President of elected Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo in 2016.

"Has gained credibility with Washington insiders as Secretary of housing of President Bill Clinton.He has made national news over the last four years as a White Knight Prosecutor who took on Wall Street, while it was Francesco dal public. Tuesday, he contrasted the wave that swept the Republicans in the Office nationwide. "

"Working against a Cuomo performed are a handful of things: he is divorced and lives with her partner of five years, Sandra Lee; television personality There is a perception that any democratic political from the Northeast is too liberal to appeal to all the land; He has relatively little experience in elected Office, just four years; and was once seen as combative and ambitious, strokes, he and his staff go as hardheadedness youth has softened with maturity. "If ((! document.images & & navigator.useragent.indexof ("Mozilla/2.") > = 0) || navigator.useragent.indexof ("WebTV") > = 0) {document.write (');document.write (' ');}

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Obama approval inches longer

A new Gallup poll finds President Obama approval rating to 47%--up slightly from his approval rating 43% in three days before and including the midterm elections last week.

"While raising Obama approval rating because the election is small in absolute terms, it is remarkable that it is up to all after losses Congressional and gubernatorial important of his party. According to the trends of Gallup, former Presidents Bill Clinton and George w. Bush saw their job approval ratings decline after mid-term election losses their parties in 1994 and 2006, respectively." If ((! document.images & & navigator.useragent.indexof ("Mozilla/2.") > = 0) || navigator.useragent.indexof ("WebTV") > = 0) {document.write (');document.write (' ');}

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Republicans can gain Edge in Senate

The Wall Street Journal notes that although the Democrats hold the majority of the United States Senate, Republican occasionally could prevail.

Key reason: between 23 Democrats facing re-election in 2012 are a handful of historians from type of moderate conservative States where Democrats took a beating last week: Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Jon Tester of Montana, Jim Webb of Virginia, Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

"Perhaps there are Democrats prepared drifting toward the Republican side ... Of course, there are distinct boundaries as much of what it means in Senate mai-messy. in a body where any 41 members can mount and support a bonus to stop the action, having a bare majority, real or functional, has limited impact. "If ((! document.images & & navigator.useragent.indexof ("Mozilla/2.") > = 0) || navigator.useragent.indexof ("WebTV") > = 0) {document.write (');document.write (' ');}

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Gingrich Kicks Off Book Tour

Newt Gingrich begins a book signing today for a new novel, Valley Forge, tours and will at least three different stops in Iowa next week.

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Pelosi track attacks record funds

Two new revelations show how much of a double edged sword is outgoing President and probable minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to the Parliament's Democratic caucus.

CNN reports that "was spent more money and more commercials were run in this election cycle Intermedia than against any other Congressional leaders against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from Newt Gingrich," with over 65 million dollars spent on ads 161,203 around the country.

On the other hand, Mike Allen notes that Pelosi is "the largest fundraiser for Congressional Democrats single: 65 million in the 2008-2010 and 231 million total since 2002." if ((! document.images & & navigator.useragent.indexof ("Mozilla/2.") > = 0) || navigator.useragent.indexof ("WebTV") > = 0) {document.write (');document.write (' ');}

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As a politician has sold more books?

The Daily Beast ranks politicians sold in the last decade the publication of the book:

1. Barack Obama--4,650 1,000,000 copies sold

2. Jimmy Carter--2,218 1,000,000 copies sold

3. Bill Clinton--1,899 1,000,000 copies sold

4. Al Franken--1,777 1,000,000 copies sold

5. Hillary Clinton--1,491 1,000,000 copies sold

6. Sarah Palin--1,455 1,000,000 copies sold

7. Newt Gingrich--1,098 1,000,000 copies sold

8. Al Gore--913,000 copies sold

9. Ted Kennedy--651,000 copies sold

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Bonus Quotes

"If the Red Sox came and lost every game of the year and have kept the manager at the end of the year, which is a problem. This is what we seem to be in the process of doing so. "

--Rep.Michael Capuano (D-MA), in an interview with the Boston Globe, the House Democrats keeping Nancy Pelosi as their leader. Interestingly, Capuano will still behind Pelosi.

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