Which was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player?
1. New York City Councilwoman Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) commissioning an opinion poll on term limits as she considers how to try changing the law limiting her members to 8 years in office.
2. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who’s piled up $22 million in campaign cash on hand, with $5.2 million of it raised from April to July alone.
3. U.S. Rep. Vito Fossella (R-Staten Island), a backer of President George W. Bush, saying he wants to call hearings on the administration’s failure for three years to appoint a planner to reduce cyberspace vulnerability.
Last week’s results: MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow, 47.6 percent; Hazelton Mayor Lou Barletta, 33.3 percent; Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, 19 percent.