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Bill O’Reilly, the Republican spokesman, is leaving the communication firm he founded nine years to join a firm headed by former Rudy Giuliani aides George Lence and Cristyne Nicholas.

O’Reilly’s Midtown-based firm had lately specialized in Republican clients running against the Republican establishment: they handled conservative Republican John Faso’s 2006 gubernatorial campaign, when most of the George Pataki-centric party establishment was pulling for Bill Weld. That year, the firm also handled the campaign of K.T. McFarland, a latecomer to the Republican Senate primary race who ultimately lost, but not before she blasted Rupert Murdoch's media empire for their coverage of the race.

O’Reilly, a relative of William F. Buckley, is leaving the firm in the hands of its co-founder, Susan Del Percio.

O’Reilly’s email is after the jump.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/oreilly-joins-giuliani-aides#comments Politics Bill O'Reilly Bill Weld John Faso Kathleen Troia McFarland Susan Del Percio Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:38:17 -0400 Azi Paybarah 67787 at http://www.observer.com Ambassador Buys KT McFarland’s 770 Park Spread for $17.5 M. http://www.observer.com/2007/sold-ambassador-buys-kt-mcfarland-s-770-park-spread-17-5-m

One-time G.O.P. Senate hopeful K.T. McFarland has sold her 13-room apartment at 770 Park to W.L. (Lee) Lyons Brown Jr., a former George W. Bush–appointed ambassador to Austria. He paid $17.5 million.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/sold-ambassador-buys-kt-mcfarland-s-770-park-spread-17-5-m#comments Real Estate Style Kathleen Troia McFarland Tue, 01 May 2007 19:26:35 -0400 Max Abelson 53730 at http://www.observer.com McFarland Moves On http://www.observer.com/node/31363 ktmcfarland-fox-222.JPG

Back in the warm confines of City Hall, I caught this moment on Fox News.

It's former Senate candidate KT McFarland talking about national security issues on, arguably, the channel most Republican primary voters choose to watch.

It's especially interesting to see McFarland playing ball with Fox, whose owner was condemned by her supporters for the way his media outlets covered her during the Senate race.

I guess she's over it. -- Azi Paybarah]]> http://www.observer.com/node/31363#comments Politics FOX News Network LLC Kathleen Troia McFarland Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:30:03 -0500 Observer Staff 31363 at http://www.observer.com KT Counts On Kitchen Women http://www.observer.com/node/30064 So if you think turnout is going to be low for the Democrats, just think about the Republicans. Without primaries for governor or attorney general to attract voters to the polls, the only thing going for them -- from the perspective of moving voters to polling places -- is the Jerry Springer-esque Senate contest between John Spencer and KT McFarland.

Rob Ryan, Spencer's spokesman, said he doubts that the Republican turnout will even break 200,000 statewide. And naturally, he predicts that the low turnout would work to Spencer's advantage: "A lot of this is going to depend on who can bring out the vote; she (McFarland) has no base except for a couple of matrons on the Upper East Side. We have Yonkers and the Republican party getting out the vote for us."

Ryan also pointed out that Yonkers is bigger than Syracuse, which, if we follow his logic, is a good thing. McFarland's campaign counters that her "kitchen talks" with voters across the state have won her the support of women outside of Park Avenue, who will come out to the polls in droves.

"We believe we are going to have strong support among women," said Morgan Ortagus-Dobbs, McFarland's spokeswoman. "We have been to the homes of so many women."

Ortagus-Dobbs also had this piece of speculation about what would happen if, in the end, Spencer prevails:

"I don't know how he (Spencer) thinks he is going to be able to debate Hillary Clinton if he can't even stand up to KT."

--Jason Horowitz ]]> http://www.observer.com/node/30064#comments Politics John Spencer Kathleen Troia McFarland Rob Ryan Yonkers Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:13:33 -0400 Observer Staff 30064 at http://www.observer.com Events for September 12, 2006 http://www.observer.com/node/30056 Tomorrow is Primary Day!

Eliot Spitzer votes at PS 6 on East 81st Street and hosts his election day party at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que on West 131st Street.

KT McFarland votes at Hunter College and hosts her primary night party at the Women's National Republican Club.

Andrew Cuomo votes at the High School of Leadership on Trinity Place and hosts his party at the Sheraton.

Jonathan Tasini votes uptown on Bennett Avenue and hosts his party at McFaddens on Second Avenue.

Tom Suozzi votes at Robert M. Finley Middle School in Glen Cove and hosts his Election night party at Chateau Briand.

John Spencer votes at Saunders High School in Yonkers and hosts his primary night event at The Polish Center.

Carl Andrews votes at PS 167 in Brooklyn and hosts his election night party at Brooklyn Exposure on Bedford Avenue.

Sean Patrick Maloney votes at Baruch College, and parties at his campaign headquarters. Yvette Clarke votes at PS 397 and celebrates at Cafe Omar. Chris Owens votes at PS 9 and parties with supporters at New Life Tabernacle. Brooklyn State Senate candidate Eric Adams parties at Snookys.

Mike Bloomberg votes at PS 6 on East 81st Street.

Betsy Gotbaum votes at PS 9 on West 84th Street.

The Empire State Development Corporation holds a second public hearing on the Atlantic Yards proposal.

The Ground Truth, a film about Iraq War and it's effect on soldiers, premieres in New York at the Riverside Church. —Nicole Brydson]]> http://www.observer.com/node/30056#comments Politics Andrew Cuomo Brooklyn Eliot Spitzer Kathleen Troia McFarland Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:15:00 -0400 Observer Staff 30056 at http://www.observer.com Spencer Goes Nice http://www.observer.com/node/29996 John Spencer is going statewide with the 30-second biographical ad he released right before his debate with KT McFarland last month. A Spencer spokesman said they'll be running the ad on cable, since, according to their research, Republican primary votes watch plenty of cable news (read: Fox News).

Spencer's other ads, with images of Hillary Clinton and the president of Iran, are not scheduled to run for the rest of the primary, according to spokesman Rob Ryan. Either Spencer is taking the high road, or his campaign is pretty confident KT McFarland won't be on air any time soon.

-- Azi Paybarah]]> http://www.observer.com/node/29996#comments Politics FOX News Network LLC John Spencer Kathleen Troia McFarland Rob Ryan Mon, 04 Sep 2006 11:39:03 -0400 Observer Staff 29996 at http://www.observer.com Elsewhere: Lieberman's Snakes on the Brain http://www.observer.com/node/29916 During a very friendly appearance on conservative commentator Glenn Beck's radio show, Greg Sargent reports, Joe Lieberman agreed with just much of what Beck said, including that the real reason we invaded Iraq wasn't over WMD but because we wanted to "pop the head of the snake in Iran."

After receiving some attention from the editorial boards of The New York Times and New York Post, Jonathan Tasini finds out from The Huffington Post why he has seen practically no love from his fellow travelers in MoveOn.org. Executive Director Eli Pariser says that they follow the lead of their members and "we've heard almost nothing from MoveOn members on Tasini."

On the Republican side of the Senate race, KT McFarland, on hiatus to deal with her daughter's shoplifting, shows that she has not completely checked out. Her press secretary, Morgan Ortagus takes issue with John Spencer calling for a debate with Hillary while ignoring McFarland's calls for a debate. We especially like the use of underlining.

"I think you well know that Mrs. McFarland is taking a few days off to deal with a family crisis, but that doesn't make you the Republican candidate for Senate"

--Jason Horowitz]]> http://www.observer.com/node/29916#comments Politics Glenn Beck Jonathan Tasini Kathleen Troia McFarland MoveOn.org Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:18:44 -0400 Observer Staff 29916 at http://www.observer.com McFarland to Spend More Time With Family http://www.observer.com/node/29903 Family problems have plagued KT McFarland's campaign for months, so maybe it should come as no surprise that yet another family scandal has perhaps delivered the knockout blow to her weak campaign for U.S. Senate.

"This past Saturday, my 16-year-old daughter, Camilla, was caught shoplifting from two stores in Suffolk County, NY. She was arrested, arraigned and charged with two counts each of Petty Theft and Possession of Stolen Goods," reads the statement that just dropped in our mailbox. "I therefore am suspending my campaign activities until further notice. I will resume active campaigning only when I am certain that my daughter is okay and getting the help she needs."

Magazines and tabloids have already dedicated plenty of ink to the the abuse McFarland allegedly suffered at her father's hand, not to mention the gay brother she apparently turned her back on as he died of AIDS. We'll see if her campaign can survive this.

(Full statement after the jump)  read more »

--Jason Horowitz ]]> http://www.observer.com/node/29903#comments Politics Kathleen Troia McFarland New York U.S. Senate Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:30:34 -0400 Observer Staff 29903 at http://www.observer.com "Fiasco": The Close Up http://www.observer.com/node/29817

Short, sweet, and to the point. Notice the prominent use of the word 'fiasco' with the close-up of Andrew Cuomo. So is 'comparison' now a euphemism for, uh, attack? (Attack via surrogates, but still...)

But what else do you expect from the Blue Donkey Group, whose message on their website is "I want to win. Period. End of story."?

By the way, don't you think if KT McFarland and John Spencer had any money, they'd have ads like this?

--- Azi Paybarah]]> http://www.observer.com/node/29817#comments Politics Andrew Cuomo John Spencer Kathleen Troia McFarland Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:00:52 -0400 Observer Staff 29817 at http://www.observer.com Spencer "Wins" http://www.observer.com/node/29802 Now that was a nasty debate.

I'm not sure that either John Spencer or KT McFarland will have been helped by their televised confrontation on NY1 last night. McFarland talked about Spencer's marital problems, and he told that she ought to be ashamed of her comments "as a mother of children."

But there has to be a winner, right? (Aside from Hillary Clinton, that is.)

According to an overnight poll of 14 people on Urban Elephants -- and ignoring, for the sake of this exercise, any notion of a margin of error -- it's Spencer by a mile.

-- Josh Benson]]> http://www.observer.com/node/29802#comments Politics Hillary Clinton John Spencer Kathleen Troia McFarland Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:38:20 -0400 Observer Staff 29802 at http://www.observer.com