Tom Wrobleski

It seems kind of far-fetched, but Councilman Bill de Blasio -- runner-up for Council Speaker, oft-rumored to be running for Congress in Brooklyn -- is considering running for Congress ... on Staten Island, the Advance's ever-reliable Tom Wrobleski reports.

This is after three or four other candidates (who actually live in the district) have begged off a hopeless-looking race against Congressman Vito Fossella, who kicked off his own campaign not long ago with much fanfare and a guest appearance by none other than John Spencer.

A frustrating day for The Politicker, whose intern was not the only reporter to miss an elusive Ferrer event in upper Manhattan, and which was not the only publication not alerted to Vito Fossella's press conference, apparently solely for Tom Wrobleski's benefit, in response to Wrobleski's exploration, in the Advance, of the great big chip on his island's shoulder.

Our new intern, Leslie Kaufmann, did make it to the Bloomberg campaign's mainland event, in which Herman Badillo attacked Freddy on the steps of City Hall and appeared at times to be making the case for a vote for...Herman Badillo.  read more »

Also today, Freddy has another slick ad out, undeterred (says Jonathan Prince) by the Gray Lady's "Siskel-and-Eberting" of "It could be greater," and sounding incredulous on the city's dropout rate. And Mike has a sweet picture of himself with Hillary on the city's official homepage.