Weekend in Review: The Record on Palin, Bloomberg Undecided, Getting Behind Kryzan

Details from The New York Times' extensive front-page investigation into Sarah Palin as governor include the fact that she hired so many former classmates that the "Wasilla High School yearbook archive now doubles as a veritable directory of state government," state lawmakers at one point took to wearing pins that said "Where's Sarah," and an aide referred to as "the babysitter" once wrote in an email message to the governor, “YOU ARE SO AWESOME!”

The Washington Post's review of her time as mayor of Wasilla is only slightly less critical.

In the New Yorker, Philip Gourevich writes of Palin's firing of a top police official, "She wanted to persuade me that firing Walt Monegan had nothing to do with Trooper Wooten; that it was in no way a conflict of interest or an abuse of power. But, as she spoke, she seemed to be saying something else—that her vendetta against Wooten was wholly justified."

In an article about Palin's "other Troopergate," Newsweek reports that she supported a measure allowing concealed weapons in bars and schools, and voted against a measure that would have forced bars to close at 2 a.m., instead of 5 a.m.

Palin used Barack Obama's campaign song.

Alan Greenspan, who endorsed John McCain, said the country can't afford McCain's tax plan.

FOX News reports that Palin repeated two widely disputed claims yesterday during her first solo campaign appearance outside of Alaska.

The Obama campaign broke their own fund-raising record with $66 million in August.

John Riley wonders why it was Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and not Hilary Clinton herself, who responded to Palin's comments about Clinton.

It turns out Palin didn't really go to either Ireland or Iraq.

Bloomberg News reports that the McCain campaign may be vastly over-reporting the number of people in attendance at recent campaign events.

Jonthan Martin is not impressed with the answers Palin gave on spending issues and the budget.

Brooklyn Ron is horrified that Palin didn't have a passport until last year.

The AP picks up, but doesn't expand much, the story that under Palin, Wasilla billed rape victims for exams.

Global warming is just God hugging us closer, says Tina Fey as Sarah Palin.

The Wall Street Journal notes, with approval, that both Obama and McCain think Columbia University should readmit the ROTC.

Charlie Rangel filed for divorce last year, but withdrew the petition recently, after newspapers reported on his tax trouble.

Adam Lisberg reports that Michael Bloomberg is genuinely undecided about whether to run for a third term, and that if he says he will, the City Council has enough votes to pass the legislation.

He won't do it unless Christine Quinn remains speaker of the City Council, David Seifman writes.

Quinn blogs a defense of community organizining.

According to Rochester Turning, Jon Powers will not run for Congress on the W.F.P. line.

The Albany Project is--reluctantly?--getting behind Alice Kryzan.

The Buffalo News profiles the Republican who Kryzan will face in the general Congressional election.

Recently arrested Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by the hospital he arranged state funding for.

The New York Post continues its war on the office of borough president.

The Times prints unintentionally funny email conversations that Ed Koch had with critics and supporters after he endorsed Obama.

At the end of this interview about environmental law with the Law Magazine blog, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, did not rule out running for office.