By Dr. Lee M. Miringoff Tomorrow night’s debate on WABC-TV between NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Democrat Bill Thompson represents the challenger’s best and probably last opportunity to close the gap in the race for mayor. I’m not sure Thompson’s chances are as dire as a Hail Mary pass but they are certainly no better […]
10/9: Baseball’s Bond
October 9, 2009
By John Sparks These are the best of times and the worst of times. The best of times is the excitement as we go down to the wire of the 2009 baseball season where more is riding on each pitch and every at bat. For those of us whose passion is the National Pastime, the […]
9/2: Is This the Year?
September 2, 2009
By Dr. Lee M. Miringoff If this fall’s re-election campaigns of NYC Mayor Bloomberg and NJ Governor Corzine don’t provide sufficient distraction for the staff at The Marist Poll, you can count on the intense rivalry of baseball’s “Three Hundred Club” to test the statistical savvy of Poughkeepsie’s pollsters. Dating back to 1949, two Boston […]
8/18: For Better or Worse…Palin Packs a Punch in the GOP
August 18, 2009
If some GOP leaders want Sarah Palin to fade quickly and quietly from the media scene, she is certainly not being particularly cooperative. With as yet undisclosed electoral plans, Palin packs political clout with rank-and-file Republicans. According to the latest national Marist Poll numbers, 73% of GOPers have a favorable view of the former Alaska […]
Paterson Could Be Casualty of Albany Political Coup
June 9, 2009
By Dr. Lee M. Miringoff Just as Governor Paterson was trying to dig out in Albany, is the GOP Senate takeover yet another shovel of dirt on his political grave? The most recent Marist Poll in New York State found that only 20% of voters statewide think Governor Paterson is changing the way things work […]
Reflections on the Great White Way
June 4, 2009
Flashing lights, a pop-rock score, and actors whizzing by on roller skates! I couldn’t have been more than 11 years old, and there I sat in the Gershwin Theater experiencing my very first Broadway musical, “Starlight Express!” My parents weren’t wealthy by any stretch of the imagination, but we lived a comfortable middle class existence […]
6/2: You Call That a Record?!
June 2, 2009
By Stephanie Calvano I wait all winter for it to be baseball season again. I make an annual trip to Tampa in March to visit friends and go to Yankees’ Spring Training. I feel like a little kid every time I go to a Major League game. Then, every once in a while, I step back and […]