Trump’s Politicial ‘Pit Bull’ Talks

19 April 2011 |permalink | email article

Michael Cohen, 44, is Donald Trump’s top political adviser with a reputation as a “Godfather”-like consigliere. In a stunning interview with ABC News Cohen was asked what the title means. “It means that if someone does something that Mr. Trump doesn’t like, I do everything in my power to resolve it to Mr. Trump’s benefit. If you do something wrong, I’m going to come at you, grab at you…”

It turns out tough guy Cohen is a registered Democrat who voted for Barack Obama in 2008, volunteered for Michael Dukakis in the1988 presidential campaign and worked for former Massachusetts Congressman Joe Moakley. He’s a lawyer by training, hobnobbed with Hillary Clinton and claims to have gone sailing with the late Sen. Ted Kennedy.

Something is fishy here – Cohen is quite sure Obama was born in Hawaii, but appears not to have yet shared this insight with Trump. To be continued. 

L.A. Mayor: 2013

Almost two years before the mayoral primary the potential field of candidates is already taking shape. Beside City Council members Eric Garcetti and Jan Perry, City controller Wendy Greuel, has expressed interest. So has County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, a former Council member like State Sen. Alex Padilla; wealthy former banker Austin Beutner, a key aide to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; and Rick Caruso, the big mall developer who’s served on several major city commissions.

Caruso is speaking at Town Hall Los Angeles on May 12 to share his insights on the city’s current fiscal, social and infrastructure challenges while offering his ideas about how to remedy them. When business investor Richard Riordan served two terms as mayor (1993-2004) he kept a close eye on City Hall. Should fellow Republican Caruso decide to run two questions arise: 1) will he commit to serving full-time; as Riordan did?and 2) can he pull it off in a city far more heavily Democratic now?
 
Quotable

Large majorities support higher, not lower, taxes on the wealthy. Large majorities – including a majority of Republicans – also oppose major changes to Medicare. Of course, the poll that matters is the one on Election Day. But that’s all the more reason to make the 2012 election a clear choice between visions. – New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.

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