On Wednesday, November 29, 2006, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy and the Center for New York City Affairs held an invitation-only post-election roundtable on The New School campus to discuss the two most important statewide races of 2006. The event brought together top strategists and staff from each of the Democratic and Republican campaigns, as well as prominent journalists, civic leaders, academics, political observers and others to learn what took place behind the scenes during this year’s elections.
ABC News Political Director Mark Halperin moderated the day’s roundtable discussions, which covered both the primary and general elections.
Read the edited transcript
The campaign and press participants are listed below.
Roundtable I: The Race for Attorney General
Jefrey Pollock, Andrew Cuomo for Attorney General
Mark Benoit, Mark Green for Attorney General
Erick Mullen and Tony Suber, Sean Maloney for New York Attorney General
John Gallagher and John Haggerty, Jeanine Pirro for Attorney General
Wayne Barrett, The Village Voice
Maggie Haberman, New York Post
Ben Smith, New York Daily News
Roundtable II: The Race for Governor
Susan DelPercio and Dean D’Amore, Faso for Governor
Paul Rivera and Harry Siegel, Friends of Tom Suozzi
Christine Anderson, Jon Silvan and Ryan Toohey, Spitzer-Paterson 2006
Walter Breakell, Weld for New York
Elizabeth Benjamin, Albany Times-Union
Dominic Carter, NY1 News
Pat Healy, The New York Times
The event was open to the press, and received coverage in several blogs—as well as a mention in the Post’s Page Six.
You can read more about the day’s discussions by clicking on the links below.
The Empire Zone, The New York Times, Gerry Mullany
Deconstructing 2006
Capitol Confidential, Albany Times-Union, Elizabeth Benjamin
In Case You’re Curious
The Daily Politics, New York Daily News, Ben Smith
The Cuomo Bunker
Toohey: Chuck's Weak on the Grassroots
Rudy’s Vanishing
Also see: THE RACE FOR MAYOR: CAMPAIGN ROUNDTABLE 2005
THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR & ATTORNEY GENERAL: EDITED TRANSCRIPT |
