GATEMOUTH: Occupy-ers plan to disrupt Iowa caucuses? Is Occupy’s new slogan "We gotta save the world from democracy"?

Michael Spitzer-Rubenstein: The Iowa caucuses are hardly models of democracy. Besides, protesting to get their issues addressed is exactly what democracy is all about.

GATEMOUTH: You're right. The caucuses are more like the General Assemblies than real democracy.

Michael Spitzer-Rubenstein: Well, Pericles would probably think the General Assemblies and caucuses are "authentic" democracies, unlike our current system of government.

GATEMOUTH: Any system where one has to spend hours upon hours away from their kids so they can have a voice in the process is a vehicle for massive disenfranchisement. 'Occupy' targets Iowa caucuses - MJ Lee www.politico.com  

Occupy "Sugar Wall" Street. Occupy ‘ball’ street www.nypost.com  

The deterioration continues: four local lawmakers, including one of the most liberal members of Congress and a left wing Councilwoman who used to be a Maoist, call for laws to be enforced at Zuccotti Local Lawmakers Call for Crackdown at Occupy Wall Street | PolitickerNY www.politickerny.com  

Huntsman likes Chabad; and why not--they take one look at him, and never bother asking whether he's Jewish. Huntsman Pays Visit To Queens Hasidic Community | PolitickerNY www.politickerny.com  

Michelle Rhee shows why it is a mistake to equate educational reformers with right wingers.

More teacher pay, but more accountability! 

You go girl! Rhee vs. Heritage, AEI on pay - Ben Smith www.politico.com  

State Senate Republicans support a living wage for public employees. State’s GOP in hell-rai$er www.nypost.com  

What could be more mom and apple pie than a tax paid exclusively by people who live elsewhere?

Even with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the arguments that a Hotel Tax might discourage tourism might be true in Cleveland, but NYC is worth pay paying a bit extra for, so why not milk it?

Beyond that, the first sentence of Fidler's letter is a classic.

And no; I did not write it. The Brooklyn Politics Blog www.thebrooklynpolitics.com