A Manhattan lawyer who is Richard Nixon's son-in-law is the new leader of the New York Republicans. Edward Cox was named state GOP chairman at a state committee meeting in Albany on Tuesday. Cox is married to the late president's daughter Tricia. The party ...

Now here's an interesting prediction from a breakfast fringe meeting at the Tory conference today. John McCain will beat Barack Obama on November 4, but serve only one term. In consequence the next presidential contest in the United States will be fought between Vice-President Sarah Palin and Senator Hilary Clinton. No, I don't believe it either. Too much ...

McCain’s New York Chairman, Ed Cox, said that now is not the time to talk about politics, or to think about how to recover from having a convention overshadowed by a natural disaster. Speaking to me and Liz yesterday in the Marriott, he recalled how another hurricane once devestated his hometown on Long Island. “I grew up in the ...

MINNEAPOLIS—The New York director of John McCain's campaign, Ed Cox, was the featured speaker at the state delegation breakfast at the Marriot hotel this morning. He acknowledged that the focus of the convention has shifted in response to Hurricane Gustav, but added that McCain was in a position to handle the potential disaster, as well as other national ...