I give the chances of this happening as slim and none. Still, it's getting to be quite an editorial chorus. --B.P.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/09/07/2008-09-07_dump_sheldon_silver.html

Dump Sheldon Silver

Sunday, September 7th 2008, 4:00 AM

The time has come for the voters of lower Manhattan to turn Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver out of office.

After 32 years in his seat, including 14 years as the Assembly's maximum leader, Silver embodies the insider's game that has captured the state Legislature, to the detriment of 19 million New Yorkers.

Silver's constituents would serve the cause of open, responsive government - and rock Albany to its foundations - by pulling the lever in Tuesday's Democratic primary for challenger Paul Newell.

Across America in this election year, people are demanding change. Let's have it in Albany, too.  (...)