The Lede: Obama's Campaign Volunteers, Cuomo's Political Mentor

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Anna Sale
The Empire | Mar 29, 2012

Hope 2.0:"Unfortunately, President Obama is one person, he cannot, plus he got a job. We're paying him to do a job, so we can't say can you just take some time off and come and get us all energized., so we better figure it out." (Youtube)

Ethics Deal Announced:"Silver said Cuomo and Assembly Democrats have had a deal for several weeks." (NY Daily News)

Cuomo's Capital:"He doesn't have the same institutional leverage he had in the budget." (Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin)

Channeling Al Smith:"One of Cuomo's first moves upon taking office was to put Smith's portrait in the Capitol's Red Room, the ornate setting for major announcements and news conferences." (Albany Times-Union)

9/11 Families:"having 'human remains, as part of the museum, a programmable part of the museu'" was 'not acceptable.'" (WNYC)

Schumer on 'Extreme' Tea Party:"When they lose clout, it makes an agreement much more likely." (The Hill)

Dems Win in NJ Redistricting Vote:"the parties faced a central challenge of creating districts of unified communities with fair political and population representation while opening opportunities for minority representation, goals laid out by the tiebreaker, Rutgers University professor Alan Rosenthal." (Wall Street Journal)

State Cuts and Local Hikes:"They'll be called 'Cuomo hikes' unless the governor does something to stop them," a "Cuomo administration insider" tells Dicker. (NY Post)

Debating Outsourcing in NYC:"The gap at the top starves government of custom-task talent, forcing ill-advised outsourcing. The gap at the bottom means that outsourcing commodity tasks meets ferocious resistance." (NY Times)

deBlasioslist:"now tenants can find out a lot more about any landlord’s portfolio by clicking a link, “NYC’s worst landlords,” on the apartment search pages on Craigslist." (NY Times)

Ratner's Recovery:"Forest City is in a much stronger position than at the end of 2009, when it was scrambling to lock in financing for its arena." (Wall Street Journal)

Public Radio, WHDD-style:"it’s hard to call you elitists when you’ve got the local agricultural extension agent as one of your regular voices." (NY Times)
ICYMI:"those familiar with the tangled web of New York politics say that while Cuomo's feat has been 'herculean,' the state's political playing field lacks the mind-boggling range of booby traps that have hobbled California governors for decades." (San Francisco Chronicle)

NYPD on new Malcolm X Bio:"As much as conspiracy theorists may press to reach a sweeping, unsupported and untrue conclusion, the fact is the N.Y.P.D. was not complicit in Malcolm X’s assassination, and it’s gratuitously false to suggest as much.” (NY Times)

Remembering Manning Marable:"Damn, that man could gossip! Marable would prattle on and on, disclosing (with no real prompting, and with little concern for redundancy) the most salacious tales about grown folks -- famous or semi-famous people he knew -- while you stood there, horrified." (The Root)
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