NY Observer > Richard Codey http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/26478/feed Articles from Observer.com en Served Cold: Reich Versus Clinton, Bradley Versus Corzine http://www.observer.com/2008/served-cold-reich-versus-clinton-bradley-versus-corzine

This weekend brought two reminders that what happens in politics is often, more than anything, about the past.

On Friday, Robert Reich formally endorsed Barack Obama, a decision that was greeted as noteworthy since Reich was an old Oxford chum of Bill Clinton’s and served as the 42nd president’s first labor secretary. He also scored a date with a young Hillary Rodham back in 1966, when, as the freshman class president at Dartmouth, he asked Hillary, his counterpart at Wellesley, to meet him for “a presidential summit” in Hanover. (There was no second date.)  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/served-cold-reich-versus-clinton-bradley-versus-corzine#comments Politics Barack Obama Bill Bradley Bill Clinton Hillary Clinton Jon Corzine Richard Codey Robert Reich Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:11:04 -0400 Steve Kornacki 68074 at http://www.observer.com N.J.'s Exercise In Presidential Pointlessness http://www.observer.com/2008/n-j-s-exercise-presidential-pointlessness

In late March 1992, Jerry Brown, the mercurial former California governor and sometime Linda Ronstadt companion who was then waging his third unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, stood at Castle Point in Hoboken with the Manhattan skyline behind him.

“This,” he declared, “is the Empire State!”

“It’s the Garden State!” the crowd shouted back.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/n-j-s-exercise-presidential-pointlessness#comments Politics Richard Codey Super Tuesday Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:33:13 -0500 Steve Kornacki 64238 at http://www.observer.com The Return of An Accidental Governor http://www.observer.com/2007/return-accidental-governor

It's a pity guys like Dick Codey can't get elected.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/return-accidental-governor#comments Politics Richard Codey Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:39:56 -0400 Steve Kornacki 53168 at http://www.observer.com Christine Quinn's Jersey Guy http://www.observer.com/node/31522 Last week, Christine Quinn gave her first State of the City speech, which was generally well received and sparked even more talk about her mayoral prospects. But who exactly wrote it?

According to Council spokesperson Maria Alvarado, it came from outside City Hall.

"The speech was written by Eric Shuffler, who's done speech writing for Corzine, Codey and Coscia. The Council paid for it."

Shuffler, who lives in New York, was counselor to former New Jersey Governors Jim McGreevey and Richard Codey, and worked for former Senator Bob Torricelli before that. He's now a lobbyist.

In the past the Council has had speechwriters on staff. This time, the Council put out a bid for the speech. Shuffler got the job. -- Azi Paybarah]]> http://www.observer.com/node/31522#comments Politics Christine Quinn Eric Shuffler Maria Alvarado Richard Codey Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:00:00 -0500 Observer Staff 31522 at http://www.observer.com The Morning Read: July 7, 2006 http://www.observer.com/node/29581 The Times reports Richard Codey helped put together the compromise between Jon Corzine and the Assembly speaker in New Jersey, ending the government shutdown.

Joe Lieberman debates his primary opponent, Ned Lamont.

The Sun reports that Republicans allied with John Faso are planning to oust New York Republican State Committee Chairman Stephen Minarik. —Nicole Brydson]]> http://www.observer.com/node/29581#comments Politics Jon Corzine Joseph Lieberman Ned Lamont Richard Codey Fri, 07 Jul 2006 04:28:15 -0400 Observer Staff 29581 at http://www.observer.com Battle of the Millionaires As Corzine Leads Forrester http://www.observer.com/node/37711 Last Sunday, Senator Jon S.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37711#comments Arts & Culture Politics Doug Forrester Jon Corzine New Jersey Richard Codey Sun, 02 Oct 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Jessica Bruder 37711 at http://www.observer.com