Posted by Jon Fleischman at 12:00 am on Nov 17, 2006 Comments Off on Random Thoughts
* Conservative Republican Bill Simon, Jr., who ran unsucessfully
for Governor in 2002, was in NYC for an exclusive meeting of
supporters of Rudy Giuliani’s bid for the Presidency.
* Milton Friedman was a noted economist and an ardent
libertarian. I attended a dinner once where his talk centered
around his opposition to the war on drugs and the need to
decriminalize prostitution. Nice.
* Margita Thompson, who is departing as the Governor’s Press
Secretary, is rumored to be leaving for Nepal, to trek up to the
top of Mount Everest – time for her to take it easy.
* Clearly conservative Simon wouldn’t be attracted to Giuliani’s
mold of East Coast liberal Republicanism. But Simon used to work
for Giuliani as a prosecutor… They are close personal friends I am
told…
* Former Schwarzenegger Campaign Deputy Communications Director
Matt David is rumored to be in consideration to replace Thompson.
That would be a great pick. I give Matt my strongest recommendation
(sorry, Matt, I may have sunk your chances).
* Success or failure for legislative leaders, under this
redistricting plan, must be… Read More