Today is Primary Day in New York, where registered Republicans can cast their vote for a presidential candidate. Shockingly, a low turnout is expected, even though the candidates include Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul. more ›

Rick Santorum does it again. Hot on the heels of telling Puerto Rico to speak English the GOP hopeful has put up a screed on his website that frets over how "America is suffering a pandemic of harm from pornography." more ›

Republican presidential sorta frontrunner Mitt Romney was trying to show that he's familiar with regular people topics like football. But it failed horribly! more ›

He's trailing in the polls, he hates Social Security, and... and... oh, who cares: News outlets are reporting that Texas Governor Rick Perry is ending his presidential dreams. more ›

It was only a month ago that Newt Gingrich arrogantly declared, "I'm going to be the nominee." Now, his campaign is going the way of the Cain Train, and he's grasping at whatever straws he can to try to get some momentum back. Just how desperate is he? He's inexplicably taking pot shots at Mayor Bloomberg. more ›

So much for the shaming tactic: Ron Paul, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann have now ALL dropped out of Donald Trump's Very Classy GOP Presidential Primary Debate. Facing the prospect of a mano-a-mano slugfest between Newt "Tiffany Historian" Gingrich and Rick "Please Don't Google My Name" Santorum, even Donald Trump himself is now looking for ways to get out of this debate! more ›

When Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman proved they still had a shred of human dignity by refusing to participate in Donald Trump's Very Classy GOP Presidential Primary Debate: The Debatening, they inspired the ever-confused Mitt Romney into staging his own mini insurrection by also refusing to attend. But the powers-that-be have called in the big guns to try to shame their lost flock back to the enormous balled shepherd: "I think candidates should not be afraid in front of the nation no matter who the host of the debate is. What is a bit appealing about this idea of Trump hosting a debate is, consider the diverse audience that perhaps he can attract," Sarah Palin told the Fox Business Network on Wednesday. more ›

Kelsey Grammer, possibly the only straight Republican actor to ever play a gay cabaret owner, is considering a new role: mayor of New York City. more ›

Earlier this week John Lennon's former (and final) assistant making some shocking, and pretty unbelievable claims that the musician was a Republican. He claimed that during his last years Lennon was embarrassed by the lyrics to "Imagine," as well as his prior belief system and radical ways. Now Lennon's former publicist, Eliot Mintz, is telling TMZ that Fred Seaman's declarations are all a lie. more ›

Last night, former mayor Rudy Giuliani was on Piers Morgan's CNN talk show to discuss a variety of topics, such as Bernard Madoff, 9/11, and 2012. Specifically, he said he'd be more likely to run for president in 2012 if Sarah Palin does. Capital New York's Steve Kornacki says of Giuliani, "His comments indicate either a streak of profound cynicism or a complete and perhaps final detachment from reality." more ›

Westchester Republican Jim Russell didn't take too kindly to some of the phrases and words that were bandied about when his writings on race and religion were uncovered and publicized by the media a couple weeks ago. He wasn't happy when a save-face interview went very badly. And he wasn't happy that one reporter alleged that she saw him at a white supremacist rally in 2007. So he decided to sue. more ›

Know what Jets owner Woody Johnson loves perhaps as much as Rex Ryan? Helping out the GOP! Johnson was a big McCain supporter in 2008 and this year, he's back to helping Republican candidates. Politico's Maggie Haberman reports that Johnson "helped the NRSC notch its best-ever night in New York City, raising a massive $800,000 at a joint event for seven U.S. Senate hopefuls, a source who attended the event told me. more ›

Yesterday, everyone's newest favorite Westchester politician Jim Russell was being called a lot of words after it was revealed that he wrote a 16-page paper in 2001 obsessed with sexual imprinting, eugenics and interracial marriage. Mostly, the word being used was "racist." But hold up everyone: let's give the man a chance to defend himself! more ›

Earlier today, Mayor Bloomberg gave his endorsement for governor to Andrew Cuomo, leaving mad-as-hell Republican candidate Carl Paladino very sad indeed. But instead of letting that sadness boil over and ferment into the frothy brew of rage and photoshopping skills that it usually does, Paladino was on his best behavior the last couple days during a visit to NYC. more ›

While some politicians can get away with comparing Orthodox Jews to Hitler and forwarding tons of racist, misogynistic emails, it turns out there are limits to these things—but you have to try really really hard to get there! more ›

Have you been getting worried that all of that anti-NYC bad mouthing Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino has been spouting lately may hurt his campaign? Don't worry. It's all part of the plan. "Part of his campaign has been to mobilize the angry upstate electorate and pit upstate versus downstate. I think you will see more of it," said Buffalo Assemblyman Sam Hoyt. more ›

Carl Paladino has hit the big stage in grand style since his defeat of Rick Lazio in Tuesday's Republican gubernatorial primary, giving interviews to anyone who'll have him, and saying anything he wants to. His loose lips led current Gov. Paterson and former Gov. Eliot Spitzer to call him "unfit" for office. But if a tree falls in the forest, and it's reported in the media, do you really think Paladino isn't going to have a vicious response ready? more ›

Now that Republican voters have selected Buffalo real estate developer Carl Paladino to represent them against Andrew Cuomo in the general election for NY Governor, it's time to enjoy some of the populist rage and rhetoric from the multi-millionaire. Paladino gave dozens of interviews yesterday after his upset victory over much more moderate and much more boring Rick Lazio. Here's just a sampling of Paladino's thoughts from yesterday and in previous weeks: more ›

Carl Paladino pulled off an upset victory over Rick Lazio in the GOP gubernatorial primary yesterday, and he's wasting no time moving forward with his campaign against his main opponent, current Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. "Carl's whole life is an open book to the people of New York, and Cuomo is clearly frightened of his own life and failed career being under the spotlight with us. We have a message for Andrew Cuomo: You can run but you can't hide. Prepare for a full and complete vetting. Your time has come," said his campaign manager, Michael Caputo. more ›

Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino is a true wild card; he's filthy rich, and one never knows what antic he'll pull next. Forwarding bestiality videos, calling Gov. Paterson a "drug addict," sending a duck to stalk Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, it's all just Carl being Carl. For his latest antic, Paladino is mailing out campaign brochures highlighting the corruption in Albany...all in vivid Smell-O-Vision. more ›

Last week, notoriously straight-talking Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino told upstate supporters that while Queens and Staten Island are "just like us...That leaves Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn — and they can have them. First, you can’t get around down there, and secondly, there aren’t many Republicans." Now his campaign is trying to set the record straight! more ›

Conservative provocateur Ann Coulter has been dropped from a keynote speaking gig at right-wing website WorldNetDaily's "Taking America Back National Conference" because of her upcoming appearance at a political convention for GOProud, a group of openly gay Republicans. "Ultimately, as a matter of principle, it would not make sense for us to have Ann speak to a conference about 'taking America back' when she clearly does not recognize that the ideals to be espoused there simply do not include the radical and very 'unconservative' agenda represented by GOProud," Joseph Farah, editor and CEO of WND, tells Daily News. more ›

Yesterday, the NY State GOP ended its "disastrous" convention by voting on candidates to challenge Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Bruce Blakeman, a Nassau County lawyer (and ex-husband of Paul McCartney's squeeze) got most of the votes, but former Bear Stearns economist David Malpass got enough votes for there to be a Republican primary this fall. more ›

Today, the Republican Party formally selected Rick Lazio as its preferred candidate for Governor in this fall's election. Lazio won nearly 60 percent of the vote in the first round of balloting at the convention, while opponent and former Democrat Steve Levy received only 28 percent, meaning he won't be able to run in a primary. Lazio will likely face a primary battle versus Tea Party-favorite Carl Paladino, who said he was also considering forming his own party. more ›

The NY State Republican Party's convention begins today, and four men—Suffolk County Executive and former Democrat Steve Levy, former Congressman and one-time Senate candidate Rick Lazio, real estate entrepreneur Myers Mermel, and Buffalo real estate millionaire Carl Paladino— are hoping for the nomination to challenge Andrew Cuomo for the governor's seat this November. But the crowded field means one thing: Chaos. The Post says—in a story headlined "GOP rift over who'll be Cuo-mowed down"—a "prominent statewide GOP official said, "This is an insider fight within our party over leadership and control, and we all recognize that it has nothing to do with the outcome of the November election." more ›

Wait, who? This morning, Manhattan Republican Myers Mermel announced that he has thrown his hat into the ring as a candidate for Jacob's position NY Governor. “We all know how poorly our incumbents have fared, it is time to vote them out and for the people to have their voice heard. There is no secret to resolving our economic crisis, we must vote the current team out and start our reforms,” he wrote on his website. Mmmm, Mermel. more ›

The NY Times looks at the war chest of Steve Levy, who shed his Democratic allegiance in a bid to run for NY Governor as a Republican. Specifically, how much of Levy's $4 million was accumulated from Democratic donors (Levy's GOP rival Rick Lazio has about $640,000). While there are no rules about returning money, Democratic political consultant Hank Sheinkopf "playfully" suggested Levy give it back, "These are cases of consumer fraud. The label said ‘Democrat’ or it said ‘Republican.’ But when you opened up the package, you got the exact opposite." There's even a Levy Pay Us Back website. more ›