Rochester-based billionaire businessman Tom Golisano is spending “six figures” on newspaper ads in the Daily News, New York Post and several weekly newspapers to denounce Michael Bloomberg’s plan to change the city’s term-limits law and run for mayor again next year. The campaign may include radio ads on local stations but is not likely to go to ...

The New York City Bar Association just released a statement opposing the term-limits legislation that the City Council is considering. According to the A.B.A., Michael Bloomberg's plan would undermine the public's confidence in the legislative process. From the statement: "It would indeed be a tall order to convince New Yorkers that in taking this matter unto ...

Todd Palin spent years trying to get his ex-brother-in-law fired, he told investigators in Alaska. Amy Sullivan at Time reports that the reason the McCain campaign isn't pushing Barack Obama's connection to Jeremiah Wright is "much more related to his running mate's own pastor problems than to any newfound campaign honor code." John McCain’s campaign “careened ...

One of the reasons that Michael Bloomberg’s recent public efforts to change the term-limits law has been fairly successful is that it's been in the works for a long time. But despite rampant speculation in recent months, it appears that opposition emerged with force only this week because earlier this year, nobody really thought this would happen. The ...