Thirteen months before the election, none of the potential Republican candidates has made an impact on New York voters.

The Republican candidates have a lot of ground to cover and a lot of voters to talk to if they are to become known to voters - particularly Republican voters - over the next five months.

In New York, for example, all the candidates have to be on one screen, so we can't give them a general-purpose machine.

We forecast even greater Northeast gaming growth in 2006, with the opening of additional racetrack slots in New York, the possible commencement of gaming in Pennsylvania, the likelihood of expanded gaming in Delaware, and major property expansions throughout the region.

The people who trade crude as a commodity know all this. The traders who move the New York futures prices are nervous about Iran.

Half these kids are originally from New England or New York.