Leftovers: R.I.P. World's Tallest Woman

A D.N.C. committeewoman from New Jersey who was among the first superdelegates to defect from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama last winter was defeated for re-election last night in a vote of New Jersey’s pro-Clinton state Democratic committee.

Barack Obama plans to fight Jerome Corsi’s 384-page attack with a 40-page document of his own.

It looks like Kwame Kilpatrick will be attending the Democratic convention – sans electronic monitoring device.

Inflation is now the highest it’s been since the early ‘90s recession that made George H.W. Bush a former president.

Bruce Springsteen got mad at Ronald Reagan for using “Born in the USA” in 1984, Sam and Dave didn’t like it went Bob Dole turned “Soul Man” into “Dole Man” in 1996, and now Jackson Browne is suing John McCain for using “Running on Empty” in an ad.

The former Assembly aide who accused Sheldon Silver's top lawyer of rape in 2001 is now campaigning for one of the Assembly Speaker's Democratic primary opponents.

Democrats are playing the 26-Year-Old-Lawsuit Card against G.O.P. congressional candidate Robert Straniere in the 13^th District.

From Elizabeth Benjamin, we learn that Mayor Bloomberg is having some trouble remembering names.

The State Health commissioner held a conference call to defend Governor Paterson’s proposed Medicaid cuts.

Also, the world’s tallest woman died.