Sarah Lyons: Rank Partisanship Poisoning Our Political Process

NEW YORK

• Rank partisanship poisons our political process (LETTER Staten Island Advance, By SARAH LYONS) Recently I was in front of Pathmark with a fellow Independent, talking to shoppers about what’s going on in Washington with the budget debate. Across the board — Democrat, Republican, independent — everyone we spoke with was deeply concerned about the partisanship that has come to define our political process. 


• Turner within 6 points of Weprin in race to fill Weiner's open seat: poll (By ERIK KRISS, Albany Bureau Chief (NY Post) Weprin did not crack the 50 percent barrier in the survey conducted Aug. 3-8, leading Turner 48-42 just five weeks before the special election is held on primary day, September 13 for the House seat representing portions of Queens and Brooklyn.


• Poll finds close race for Anthony Weiner's seat in Congress (By Michael A. Memoli, LA Times)