The Britney-and-Paris "Celeb" ad and other attacks show how Rove veterans in the McCain campaign are trying to define Obama as out-of-touch and culturally remote -- just as they did to Kerry.
McCain tries to tell one constituency that everything is on the table for Social Security, and another constituency that he won't raise taxes.
Lesson for Obama: With friends like Ludacris, who needs enemies? But there's always Wild Bill Hickok, who may be a distant relative.
Obama and McCain will star as superheroes in a set of comic books due to be out soon.
Things look grim for the Hillary as veep movement, but die-hard supporters -- who increasingly resemble the Last Samurai -- are still pushing and Page Six has her at a secret pow-wow with other power women to plan her future.
Peter King, harborer of gubernatorial ambitions, will add his voice to calls for more aid to NYC when Bloomberg testifies in Congress today.
McCain has an age issue? Bob Morgenthau is 89 today, and he's running again.
Paterson moved yesterday to make cuts in an effort to get in front of a looming fiscal crisis, but for all of his attempts to behave like a leader it's not clear that the Legislature is ready to follow.
Paterson's press shop has effectively sucked up to the NYPost this week with some leaks and gotten some flattering coverage, but the ed board wants more: Please, please, please whatever you do don't turn the NY Power Authority over to Richie Kessel!
Ex-Newsdayer Larry Levy tells Azi at the Observer that Paterson has pretty limited options, and despite his efforts to get in front of it the fiscal crisis puts him at risk of being a one-term gov:
Levy from Azi Paybarah on Vimeo.