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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:56:07 -0400</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Colin Campbell</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/reyes-front.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-38289" title="reyes front" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/reyes-front.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a>Eric Ulrich is going negative on Juan Reyes after all? The picture on the left has the front of the mailer, <a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/reyes-back.jpg" target="_blank">here's the back</a>.</p>
<p>A deal on the 9/11 Museum <a href="http://www.governor.ny.gov/assets/documents/911-Museum-Final-MOU-Final.pdf" target="_blank">was reached</a> on the eve of 9/11.</p>
<p>No elected officials will speak at this morning's <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444554704577644053333702124.html?mod=WSJ_NY_MIDDLETopStories" target="_blank">simple ceremony</a>.</p>
<p>Rudy Giuliani <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/pain-stays-fight-article-1.1156199?localLinksEnabled=false" target="_blank">penned an op-ed</a> on the fight against terror.</p>
<p>Governor Cuomo said he's open to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/nyregion/cuomo-says-hes-open-to-tweaks-in-ethics-panel.html?_r=1&amp;ref=nyregion" target="_blank">changing JCOPE</a> amid criticism.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/assembly-speaker-sheldon-silver-article-1.1156291" target="_blank">Imagine that</a>, JCOPE is going after Shelly Silver after all.</p>
<p><!--more--></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/154243/whos-more-inscrutable-bob-dylan-or-ravi-batra/" target="_blank"><em>Times Union</em></a>: "Who’s more inscrutable, Bob Dylan or Ravi Batra?"</p>
<p>The<em> Times Union</em>'s editorial board wants JCOPE <a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/not-this-again-mr-cuomo/21970/" target="_blank">to be scrapped </a>and replaced.</p>
<p>Bill Hammond said Cuomo <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/crack-open-albany-ethics-secrets-article-1.1156296#ixzz269jd51X0" target="_blank">is responsible</a> for the ethics panel's failures.</p>
<p>The feds were wiretapping John Liu <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/nyregion/us-authorities-began-wiretapping-new-york-city-comptroller-in-2010.html?_r=2&amp;ref=nyregion" target="_blank">all the way back in 2010</a>.</p>
<p>John Messer <a href="http://www.thepereznotes.com/2012/09/messer-responds-to-mailers-from.html" target="_blank">doesn't appreciate</a> the "grandmother rapist" campaign mailers that are being used against him.</p>
<p>“We as black folks should immediately be able to identify this method of political lynching,” leaflets hitting Shirley Huntley's district <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/huntley_backer_lynch_lob_aO8z0EvpjIILwYnU4tvw8L" target="_blank">declared</a>. “The community knows this is a political hanging.”</p>
<p>Rock Hackshaw <a href="http://www.r8ny.com/blog/rock_hackshaw/countdown_to_thursday_s_primaries_some_surprises_here.html" target="_blank">made his endorsements</a> for Thursday's primaries.</p>
<p>New York isn't doing <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/nyregion/new-york-faces-rising-seas-and-slow-city-action.html?ref=nyregion" target="_blank">everything it should</a> to deal with the rising sea level.</p>
<p>Chicago's teachers are on strike, the latest example <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/education/in-chicago-teachers-strike-signs-of-unions-under-siege.html?ref=politics" target="_blank">of unions under siege</a>.</p>
<p>The battle for control of the U.S. Senate has taken <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/us/politics/senate-control-is-up-in-the-air-as-races-shift.html?ref=politics" target="_blank">some twists and turns</a>.</p>
<p>A <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-and-romney-close-in-poll-among-likely-voters/2012/09/10/e57318ea-fb79-11e1-b153-218509a954e1_story.html?tid=pm_politics_pop" target="_blank">WaPo/ABC poll</a> has President Obama ahead over Mitt Romney as well.</p>
<p>Romney's campaign wants Republicans <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/us/politics/romney-issues-memo-saying-obama-bounce-is-sugar-high.html?ref=politics" target="_blank">to chill out</a> about Obama's current lead.</p>
<p>Rupert Murdoch said Romney needs to move to the center and <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/murdoch-to-romney-stop-fearing-far-right-135138.html" target="_blank">stop fearing his right flank</a>.</p>
<p>Both campaigns agree that there are about <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/80971.html?hp=t1_3" target="_blank">nine swing states</a>.</p>
<p>Obama is a normal guy, and he wants voters <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81010.html?hp=t1" target="_blank">to see that all the time</a>.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/reyes-front.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-38289" title="reyes front" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/reyes-front.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a>Eric Ulrich is going negative on Juan Reyes after all? The picture on the left has the front of the mailer, <a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/reyes-back.jpg" target="_blank">here's the back</a>.</p>
<p>A deal on the 9/11 Museum <a href="http://www.governor.ny.gov/assets/documents/911-Museum-Final-MOU-Final.pdf" target="_blank">was reached</a> on the eve of 9/11.</p>
<p>No elected officials will speak at this morning's <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444554704577644053333702124.html?mod=WSJ_NY_MIDDLETopStories" target="_blank">simple ceremony</a>.</p>
<p>Rudy Giuliani <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/pain-stays-fight-article-1.1156199?localLinksEnabled=false" target="_blank">penned an op-ed</a> on the fight against terror.</p>
<p>Governor Cuomo said he's open to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/nyregion/cuomo-says-hes-open-to-tweaks-in-ethics-panel.html?_r=1&amp;ref=nyregion" target="_blank">changing JCOPE</a> amid criticism.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/assembly-speaker-sheldon-silver-article-1.1156291" target="_blank">Imagine that</a>, JCOPE is going after Shelly Silver after all.</p>
<p><!--more--></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/154243/whos-more-inscrutable-bob-dylan-or-ravi-batra/" target="_blank"><em>Times Union</em></a>: "Who’s more inscrutable, Bob Dylan or Ravi Batra?"</p>
<p>The<em> Times Union</em>'s editorial board wants JCOPE <a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/not-this-again-mr-cuomo/21970/" target="_blank">to be scrapped </a>and replaced.</p>
<p>Bill Hammond said Cuomo <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/crack-open-albany-ethics-secrets-article-1.1156296#ixzz269jd51X0" target="_blank">is responsible</a> for the ethics panel's failures.</p>
<p>The feds were wiretapping John Liu <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/nyregion/us-authorities-began-wiretapping-new-york-city-comptroller-in-2010.html?_r=2&amp;ref=nyregion" target="_blank">all the way back in 2010</a>.</p>
<p>John Messer <a href="http://www.thepereznotes.com/2012/09/messer-responds-to-mailers-from.html" target="_blank">doesn't appreciate</a> the "grandmother rapist" campaign mailers that are being used against him.</p>
<p>“We as black folks should immediately be able to identify this method of political lynching,” leaflets hitting Shirley Huntley's district <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/huntley_backer_lynch_lob_aO8z0EvpjIILwYnU4tvw8L" target="_blank">declared</a>. “The community knows this is a political hanging.”</p>
<p>Rock Hackshaw <a href="http://www.r8ny.com/blog/rock_hackshaw/countdown_to_thursday_s_primaries_some_surprises_here.html" target="_blank">made his endorsements</a> for Thursday's primaries.</p>
<p>New York isn't doing <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/nyregion/new-york-faces-rising-seas-and-slow-city-action.html?ref=nyregion" target="_blank">everything it should</a> to deal with the rising sea level.</p>
<p>Chicago's teachers are on strike, the latest example <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/education/in-chicago-teachers-strike-signs-of-unions-under-siege.html?ref=politics" target="_blank">of unions under siege</a>.</p>
<p>The battle for control of the U.S. Senate has taken <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/us/politics/senate-control-is-up-in-the-air-as-races-shift.html?ref=politics" target="_blank">some twists and turns</a>.</p>
<p>A <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-and-romney-close-in-poll-among-likely-voters/2012/09/10/e57318ea-fb79-11e1-b153-218509a954e1_story.html?tid=pm_politics_pop" target="_blank">WaPo/ABC poll</a> has President Obama ahead over Mitt Romney as well.</p>
<p>Romney's campaign wants Republicans <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/us/politics/romney-issues-memo-saying-obama-bounce-is-sugar-high.html?ref=politics" target="_blank">to chill out</a> about Obama's current lead.</p>
<p>Rupert Murdoch said Romney needs to move to the center and <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/murdoch-to-romney-stop-fearing-far-right-135138.html" target="_blank">stop fearing his right flank</a>.</p>
<p>Both campaigns agree that there are about <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/80971.html?hp=t1_3" target="_blank">nine swing states</a>.</p>
<p>Obama is a normal guy, and he wants voters <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81010.html?hp=t1" target="_blank">to see that all the time</a>.</p>
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