The Post examines Dan Coats’ candidacy and his past work as a lobbyist. The former senator has had scores of corporate lobbying clients over the years, including health-care firms (Amgen, United Health Group, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America), bailout recipients (Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch) and communications companies (BellSouth, Sprint Nextel, […]
Day: February 11, 2010
Politics, prisons, and the census
The political importance of the census will be featured in a number of stories over the coming weeks and months. Here, The Times has an editorial discussing how it prefers that prison populations be treated in the census. Far too often, redistricting committees pad underpopulated districts by redrawing boundaries to include large prisons. This practice […]
New York Senate ousts Hiram Monserrate
This Times editorial approves of the New York Senate’s action to oust Hiram Monserrate after his conviction. Mr. Monserrate says he will challenge the expulsion in the courts. Over the weeks since his conviction, he has repeatedly portrayed himself as the victim. This is nonsense, as the security tape shows. The tape is here.