Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

Barrett: It Takes a Bulger To Understand the Mass. Massacre

​When I got up this morning, I wanted to know what Billy Bulger thought. After all, he ran Massachusetts politics for 35 years as the president of the same state senate that Scott Brown joined in 2004. Indeed, one of Brown's few state senate achievements was his role in drafting a 2009 pens ... More >>

Barrett: Remembering When Chuck Schumer Was Fighting for Harold Ford -- in Tennessee (UPDATED)

​ See UPDATE after the jump "Harold Ford is a great candidate who knows how to handle himself," Chuck Schumer said in 2005. "We're very hopeful about his candidacy." Maybe a bit less hopeful today. The fine line between irony and hypocrisy is crossed every day in politics. But in ... More >>

Barrett: Schumer Protects Gillibrand from a Primary Challenge Citing His Record On Such Matters -- So We Checked That Record

Image from Howie Klein's "Down With Tyranny" blog (downwithtyranny.blogspot.com)As my colleague Tom Robbins explained last month, Chuck Schumer has been flexing his  considerable muscle to make sure that no elected Democrat challenges Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the accidental incumbent, in a 2 ... More >>

Obama Speaks -- and Steve Israel Quits Race Against Gillibrand

It all happened so fast. Earlier we told you that House members from New York Carolyn McCarthy, Carolyn Maloney and Steve Israel were threatening to take down Kirsten Gillibrand in 2010. A day later, NARAL gave Kirsten Gillibrand its endorsement -- about a year early. Today Politico carries a stat ... More >>

Espada: Now That There's No Downside, A Loyal Democrat

Bronx Taste Test: Efrain Gonzalez Jr. or Pedro Espada Jr.?

A lesser-of-two-evils primary plagues Democrats

Daily Flog: Lennon killer gets laid regularly and Edwards doesn't, Russia rips Georgia, China rips U.S., Con Ed rips us off

While Schumer Slept

For five years, New York's senior senator said nothing about the toxic cloud that hung over his own constituents.

Serph's Up

Friendly Democrats forget muscle, fumble state senate again

Gay Democrat Goes for Broke in Staten Island

The John Roberts Sideshow

Hillary walks tightrope! Schumer frolics in spotlight!

Pay to Play

Getting bucks from different heads of the music-biz hydra

Statues of Limitations

Archaeologists Don’t Dig Moynihan’s Art Collector Pal for Stolen-Treasures Post