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...

Writing his political will "I understand the president's concern and I understand concern of staff members at the White House. If you look at it from their perspective, they haven't exactly been able to govern in the first year of their administration in the way that other administrations have, where you would have, theoretically, a period in which the new administration is allowed to pass the needed pieces of legislation." -- New York Gov. David Paterson (D), quoted by Politicker NY , on the White House not wanting him to run for re-election next year. This story just won't go away .