The Whole Delivery

New York's version of Tea Bagging crackpots trying to garner public office, in full Soprano character parody . Only, that parody is the real live attack of the New York Post state editor: If Carl Paladino acts this way to one of the main guys at Rupert Murdoch's rag, then just imagine how bad he and his campaign goons would treat someone from the New York Times!

When I saw this two days ago, I was like "Whaaaaaat?" Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) portrayed Andrew Cuomo (D) "as a man whose decisions have often been driven by political considerations and whose worldview has largely been shaped by the culture of Albany," the New York Times reports. Said Spitzer: "Toughness is not the issue. It's easy to be tough if the selection of one's target is driven by politics. The real test is, do you take on the battles that have been unpopular and perhaps seem impossible to win but are important to take on?" Spitzer has done an amazing job at rehabilitating his image by just focusing on his strength, which is slamming Wall Street as superbly as he always does. So astute has been the ex-Governor of New York's job at making people complete forgive his love for Ashley Dupree and other prostitutes that somehow, strong speculation on his soon desire to get back into political office has arisen. All of th...