The Morning Read: Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Hillary Clinton and the Democrats debate whether America is safer now than before 9/11.

At last night’s GOP debate, Rudy Giuliani said the Kennedy-McCain immigration bill is “a typical Washington mess.”

The front-runners held their own at the debate, but the general election liabilities of all the Republicans were on display.

Mike Bloomberg fended off complaints about recruiting problems in the NYPD by saying that the city is safer than ever.

Unions are left out of the city’s major campaign finance overhaul.

Pressure is building for last minute deal-making in Albany.

On his way to jail, Clarence Norman told a reporter, “God is with me, my family is with me, I have my health. Great day.”

The labor leader who dated Jon Corzine talks to Cindy Adams.

The City Council is looking into whether they can fire Viola Plummer, who now says, “I can care less,” about the job.

The Post goes with the bisexual angle on last night's special Assembly election.

The guy who plans on running against Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska stops by the New York Sun’s office.

The WSJ editorial board says that the Bancroft family keeps its hands off their paper’s daily operation, unlike the Sulzbergers or Murdoch [subscription].

And a CNN reporter leaves his job after some of his emails are published.

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