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MANCHESTER NY— Ontario County sheriff’s deputies said a passing motorist saw someone stealing a McCain for President sign from a yard on North Main Street in the village Sunday night, so the motorist called 911. Deputy Joe Murphy stopped a car — around 8:20 p.m. on Route 96 in Victor — that matched the description given by the caller. He reported finding numerous other signs for McCain and Republican congressional candidate John “Randy” Kuhl — along with some Cub Scout signs — inside in the car driven by Roger B. Wood, 35, of 101 Harper St., Apt. 2, Rochester. Wood...

Rumors are flying around Washington D.C. on whether or not Congressman Randy Kuhl is ready to call it quits. Kuhl's name was brought up in a blog posted on Yahoo News Thursday. The Real Clear Politics blog appeared on numerous websites. It says, in just the last few days' five Republican members of the House told House leaders they will not seek reelection this fall. Insiders are saying more are to come. But, is Randy Kuhl one of those members? That question was put to Kuhl during a taping of Coleman and Company. Kuhl would not confirm or deny the...

Oh No, Massa! N.Y. Democrat Candidate Faced with Foley-Style Problem Posted by Tim Graham on November 4, 2006 - 11:39. Via the Sixers blog on NRO, we learn that the George Stephanopoulos pledge that the Mark Foley scandal would resonate in every congressional race sometimes comes true. Consider that in upstate New York, the shoe is on other foot, the Democratic foot, embarrassing the challenger to first-term Congressman Randy Kuhl. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports: (November 2, 2006) — CORNING — Democratic congressional candidate Eric Massa fired his campaign manager in June and has accused him of providing alcohol to...

With Election Day approaching, a controversy has arisen involving one of the candidates in the 29th Congressional District. Democrat Eric Massa and his ex-campaign manager Sanford Dickert are fighting over Dickert’s firing. Massa said he let Dickert go because of poor conduct, saying the aide lured underage students to an apartment for drinking. Dickert denied the allegations and said the charges are Massa's attempt to avoid paying him $39,000 in salary plus a $50,000 bonus if Massa wins the election. Massa is facing Republican incumbent Randy Kuhl. Dickert was hired in April and fired in June. He said he is...

When Eric Massa and a large contingent of veterans announced their campaigns for Congress earlier this year, award-winning filmmakers Brent and Craig Renaud took notice. Arkansas natives, the Renaud brothers were intrigued that the veterans - most with no prior political experience or aspirations - wanted to serve their country again. Not by going to war this time, but by going to Washington. "It was an interesting idea to us. There were so many veterans coming together, led by Massa, and they were basically coming together in opposition of the way the war [in Iraq] was being run," said Brent...

My GOP Congressman, Randy Kuhl had a debate last night with his Democrat opponent. Last night the tv poll of the station that sponsored it showed Randy winning by 85%. He obviously won. Now randy's numbers are way down. The poll is obviously being spammed by the Dailykos and DU types. Help me fight back! Click on the link, scroll down on the left and vote for Randy! Thanks!

...President Bush has repeatedly drawn from the Federalist Society for cabinet members, senior aides and judges. And perhaps to deflect what many conservatives call unfair attacks by liberals, the nominees have repeatedly claimed to know little about the group's beliefs.... Then an old directory surfaced last week, listing Judge Roberts as part of one of the group's steering committees. The White House spokesmen clung to their line; since Judge Roberts had not, apparently, written a $25 membership check, he was not a formal member. Who cares? Lots of people, it seems, because a fight over the influence of the Federalist...

This is a dynamite article, but unfortunately can't give you anything but the link under the FR rules because it's USA Today. http://story.news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20050518/ts_usatoday/mexicansgotoarizformedicalhelp/nc:716

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE ALERT RE: SB 840 – Socialized Medicine Author: Senator Sheila Kuehl Position: Strongly OPPOSE Status: In California State Senate Summary of Concerns: SB 840 is an aggressive plan to bring socialized medicine into California by replacing private health insurance with a mandatory state-run program for every California resident. SB 840 will: 1) force every California resident above poverty level to pay a state insurance premium (hidden tax); 2) destroy the current system of choices of health care coverage; 3) drive up the cost of health care coverage; 4) reduce the quality of health care available; 5) reduce the...

BATH, N.Y. (AP) - Sealed divorce records alleging a Republican candidate for Congress once threatened his wife at gunpoint were obtained by his Democratic opponent's campaign manager, a prosecutor said Thursday. On instructions from Democrat Samara Barend's campaign manager, a college student went to the Steuben County Clerk's office in September to get ``publicly available information'' about Republican state Sen. John ``Randy'' Kuhl, county District Attorney John Tunney said. Court-sealed documents detailing Kuhl's divorce in 2000 were included inadvertently, and the student, Andrew Rachlin, 22, copied the papers and turned them over to Barend campaign manager Jonah Siegellak, said Tunney,...

Newspapers in the 29th Congressional District are making decisions whether to run the specifics of the divorce records of state Sen. John R. "Randy" Kuhl, R-Hammondsport, who is running for Congress. The Associated Press last weekend ran a story on the documents, after they appeared on a Web site based in Cambridge, Mass. However, not all newspapers used the AP account. According to Kuhl, someone walked into the Steuben County Clerk's office on Sept. 9 and walked out with copies of his confidential divorce records. Under state law, the records are supposed to be sealed for 100 years. Jack Stokes,...

WASHINGTON — A storm is brewing in the 29th Congressional District in New York, a region that has generally enjoyed political calm for 18 years under the stewardship of Republican Rep. Amo Houghton, who is retiring this year at the age of 78. While Republican state Sen. John "Randy" Kuhl has been called the "heir apparent" to the Houghton seat, Monroe County Legislator Mark Assini has emerged as a thorn in his side, and considering that the primary isn’t until September, forecasters predict a long, hot summer in this southwest region of upstate New York. "Right now, the primary is...

<p>Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have worked in close concert with outside special-interest groups to defeat President Bush's judicial nominees, according to internal Democratic staff memos.</p> <p>In one memo to Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois obtained by The Washington Times, Washington lawyer Miguel A. Estrada is singled out as "especially dangerous" because "he is Latino." Mr. Estrada, born in Honduras, withdrew his nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in September after being filibustered for eight months.</p>

For the last several months, liberals have entertained themselves by making a mockery of the federal judicial confirmation process. Anyone paying even a modicum of attention realizes that the fight over these nominations is based mainly (solely, one could argue) on the issue of abortion. The Left, including Senate Democrats and groups like NARAL, have treated nominees like Priscilla Owen, Carolyn Kuhl, Janice Rogers Brown, Bill Pryor, Charles Pickering, and Miguel Estrada with utter disdain. They have labeled these men and women as "extremists," "anti-woman," "radically right-wing," "far-right judicial activists," "virulently anti-choice," "out-of-the-mainstream judges," "conservative ideologues," "controversial," and "hostile." On...

<p>A prominent black civil rights lawyer from California quit the NAACP this week after a disagreement with the group over his support of one of President Bush's judicial nominees.</p> <p>After Leo Terrell appeared at a news conference last week in support of a nominee being blocked by Democrats, two officials of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People telephoned him and tried "bullying" him over his position, he said.</p>

During Clinton's tenure, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D.-Vt.) supported forcing the Senate to vote on judicial nominations before a long break, like the looming August recess. He even proposed legislation to get it done. Now he's blocking the Senate's duty of advice and consent.This week Senate Democrats were successful in blocking a confirmation vote on three superb Circuit Court nominees – Priscilla Owen, Miguel Estrada, and William Pryor. They most likely would have been successful in blocking a fourth – Carolyn Kuhl to the Ninth Circuit – had the vote on cloture not been vitiated last night. Instead, Ms. Kuhl must...

Boxer, Feinstein Jointly Oppose L.A. Judge's U.S. Court Nomination Citing a Senate tradition of deferring to views of a nominee's home-state politicians, the senators urge 'no further action' on appointment. By Henry Weinstein Times Staff Writer June 7, 2003 WASHINGTON — California's two Democratic U.S. senators have urged the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee to halt any further action on the nomination of Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl to the federal bench.

ITHACA -- State Senator John R. Kuhl Jr., R-53rd District, recognized three women, including two from Tompkins County, in the New York State Senate's sixth annual "Women of Distinction" program at an awards ceremony in Albany. This year's honorees [included] Asma Barlas ...of Ithaca. Barlas is the associate professor and chair of the department of politics and the former director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity at Ithaca College. **** Barlas is virulantly Anti-Republican, Anti-American and appears to be an Anti-Semite.Shortly after September 11, Barlas penned a column for the Ithaca College Alumni magazine in...