Spin Cycle

Which was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player?
1. Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean meeting with world leaders to offset what he calls “the extraordinary damage” done to the image of the U.S. by the Bush administration.
2. U.S. Sen. Chuck Hegel (R-Neb.)saying he’d continue to take part in presidential forums — but has not yet decided whether to run.
3. State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno (R-Brunswick) proclaiming himself “the greatest reformer in this state, probably since Teddy Roosevelt” — in mockery of Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who’d like the title.

Cast your vote here.