Elsewhere: Obama and Progressives, Paterson and Skelos

A new CNN national poll shows Barack Obama with 50 percent of the vote, and John McCain with 45 percent.

Colin Powell met with both Obama and McCain.

Kos pulled back his donation to Obama, citing the senator's position on FISA, his snub of MoveOn, and his treatment of Wes Clark.

Obama has not called Clark.

Sadly, Boy George will not be playing a free concert for the Sanitation Department.

Michael Scherer thinks McCain is cultivating victimhood.

Second Amendment advocates point out that McCain was once sort of an ally.

David Paterson and Dean Skelos held a joint press availability.

Dick Grasso will probably get to keep all that money.

After the Community Board approved the plan for Willets Point, opponents also claimed victory.

The Brooklyn Paper fears the suburbanization of Red Hook.

A Brooklyn nonprofit is upset that it lost funding in this year's budget.

In the comments section, The Tunacan offers an alternative to Ed Koch's solution for Albany.