Alan Greenblatt

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• Sanford Enemies Go to Town
• Jun 24, 2009
• South Carolina Sen. Jake Knotts, the lead whistleblower/critic of Gov. Sanford's disappearance, tells MSNBC: "Lies. Lies. Lies. That's all we get ...

• Lessons in PR from Mark Sanford
• Jun 24, 2009
• If there's one thing Mark Sanford's trip down South America way illustrates, it's the notion that public officials need to get out ...

• The Skeptics Were Right
• Jun 24, 2009
• South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has spent the last several days in Argentina, he tells The State. Sanford said he had considered hiking on the ...

• Where's Sanford Been Hiding?
• Jun 23, 2009
• Plenty of chatter questioning whether SC Gov. Mark Sanford really was on the Appalachian Trail during his absence from Columbia/duty. TPM has been on ...
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• Governors Gone Wild: Sanford's Not the First Governor to Go AWOL
• Jun 23, 2009
• The news that Gov. Mark Sanford had taken off without telling even his wife where he was -- and not letting Lt. Gov. Andrew Bauer ...
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• Yet Another Bailout
• Jun 22, 2009
• The Supreme Court released its highly-anticipated decision in a voting rights case today. But the decision opens the door to further questions. It its 8-1 ...

• But Will the Mormons Bankroll Them?
• Jun 18, 2009
• Opponents of Maine's new gay marriage law have hired the same PR firm that ran California's Proposition 8 last year to run their ballot ...
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• Separating Mayors From the Administration
• Jun 18, 2009
• In case you hadn't heard, pickets by firefighters angry over negotiations with Providence Mayor David Cicilline kept Vice President Joe Biden and other administration ...
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• Policy Making Through Budget Cuts
• Jun 18, 2009
• Everyone in government knows about the Washington Monument strategy. When budget times are tough, you threaten to shut down the most visible and popular programs ...

• Backing the Conservative
• Jun 17, 2009
• Jim DeMint, a Republican U.S. senator from South Carolina, held a news conference yesterday to endorse Marco Rubio, the former Florida House Speaker who ...

• The Whole World Is Twittering
• Jun 17, 2009
• The central role of Twitter in helping to organize the protests in Iran and getting news and pictures out of that country despite the ban ...

• New York Senate to Flip Again
• Jun 15, 2009
• posted by Alan Greenblatt NY Times : ALBANY -- A week after Republicans wrested power of the State Senate away from Democrats, their thin majority appeared ...

• The Tiananmen of Our Time
• Jun 14, 2009
• Events in Iran are well outside the scope of this space, but as a political blog it's impossible not to note the election there ...
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• Cities and Counties Find Common Cause
• Jun 12, 2009
• Fans of regionalism and metro cooperation will want to read a column that William Stafford has up on Citiwire.net. Stafford is president of the ...
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• VA-Gov: Democratic Primary Preview
• Jun 8, 2009
• With this year's hottest contest taking place tomorrow -- the three-way Democratic primary for governor between Terry McAuliffe, Brian Moran and Creigh Deeds -- ...