The Morning Read: Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Hillary Clinton is unbeatable, according to some Republicans.
Jonathan Chait says that's only true "if you look about one inch deep." [subscription]
Hillary's fund-raising in 2008 is like George W. Bush's in 2000. [subscription]Rudy Giuliani is still not an official candidate for the White House.
Giuliani was interviewed for a documentary about radical Islam [6th item].
Ben looks at Barack Obama's consultant.
Gloria Steinem doesn't like being asked to choose between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Eliot Spitzer delivered the state Senate seat in Nassau to Democrats "virtually single-handedly," reports Jacob Gershman.
Bill Hammond says Spitzer wants to be more influential with lawmakers than special interests have been.
State lawmakers are set to vote on a comptroller today.
A reform bill was approved by a legislative committee with no public hearings. Ironic?
More on Christine Quinn's close call with a rocket blast in Israel.
In an op-ed, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein says you have to be bold to change the educational system.
Klein also told reporters that six-year-olds should not be forced to take public transportation to school.
And political consultant Peter Weiss testified that an aide to Clarence Norman demanded $10,000 in exchange for political support.
-- Azi Paybarah
Klein and Bloomberg are out to privatize public schools. When they are done and gone the system will be in shambles, worse than it's ever been. The proof is in this reorganization of the reoraniztion of the reorganization and the soaring high school dropout rates under these 2 clowns.
The only good that is going to come from this is when the law giving the mayor sole control over the schools sunsets in 2009 and the legislature never again allows one person to do so much damage to our kids.
Bloomberg and Klein do not belong anywhere near public education.