Results tagged “asahutchinson”

Rudy Giuliani's good financial fortune derived from the formation of Giuliani Partners is leading to political misfortune, as yet another piece of lucrative business he conducted in the private sector has come back to haunt his candidacy. Recently, his involvement with Purdue Pharma--the producers of the painkiller OxyContin--has come under scrutiny.

Republican candidates. The AP reports that he was in Cleveland for Senator Mike DeWine last night, and today, he'll be in Arkansas for Asa Hutchinson (running for governor) as well as in Pennsylvania for Senator Rick Santorum and the All-Star Game. Then tomorrow he'll be at fundraisers for Lynn Swann, running for governor of Pennsylvania, and Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich. Yeah, we did the "Ugh, Santorum, really?" too, but apparently Giuliani is keen to support him because of his commitment to national security. Okay, we get that national security is a big issue, but being able to view other Americans as people is a big issue to us. The scuttlebutt is that the fact that Rudy is visiting Arkansas, Ohio and Pennsylvania means that he's strongly considering a presidential run.

It looks like Kerik will be going to his old job at Giuliani's firm. Newsday has a thorough look inside the mess, and its columnist Ellis Henican says "I hate to say I told you so...but I told you so"; it's true, Henican had a crazed editorial a week and a half ago. Boy, Gothamist bets is President Bush wishing he nominated Asa Hutchinson; Hutchinson may be boring to the media, but maybe that's because he's fairly straight up. It's always the case that you wonder why politicians don't learn (Zoe Baird? Kimba Wood? Lani Guinier?), but apparently, they just don't.

Senator Charles Schumer toured Penn Station with Homeland Undersecretary Asa Hutchinson yesterday, as part of the senator's efforts for more funding to bring the tunnels up to anti-terrorist speed. Newsday reports that "$77 million of an original $100 million allocated for the project has been spent and another $350 million will be required." The improvements would go towards ventilation systems, a fire standpipe network and escape routes in the miles-long tunnels. Newsday also offers Schumer's worst case scenario for Penn Station: