A lesson learned:  “Rope a Dope” is NOT a good debate strategy.

Mr. President, you are not Muhammad Ali, and not being a Muslim is the least of it.   

Bubbe (to Domestic Partner): Your husband kept saying the election wasn't over because there could be an October Surprise. That was the October Surprise.   

Sully's debate liveblog is one depressing slog, though not as bad as actually watching the thing. Live-Blogging The First Presidential Debate 2012 andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com   

The magnitude of the loss was that it wasn't merely a matter of style over substance, with the debate reading better for Obama than it played.  

While on paper alone, the debate was far closer, so much in the way of stupidity and distortion was left unchallenged and so many opportunities were just left hanging in the air.

During the Medicare section of the debate I was literally screaming at the President to say, "Governor, if your plan for those under 55 is so good, why don't you offer it too all retirees right now?"   

Gatemouth (7/9/02): Goodwin calls the Presidential race "Bully versus Nerd," but confuses who is who. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/it_bully_versus_nerd_Cia5aa4SfVTR7ASpBFxDbO http://www.nypost.com/ http://www.r8ny.com/blog/gatemouth/the_gateway_salsa_for_charlie_edition.html www.r8ny.com   

Jack Newfield once said that Mayor Wagner thought all problems could be solved through schmoozing and chicken soup. By contrast Seddio prefers minestrone. Frank Seddio, Brooklyn Democratic party chairman www.cityandstateny.com    

Status Update
By CHRIS OWENS - Democratic State Committeeman - 52nd Assembly District
New Democratic County Leader Frank Seddio has visited CBID, IND and LID to present himself to the reform Democratic clubs in Northwest Brooklyn. He brought awesome cannoles with him to each meeting.

In general, Mr. Seddio's presentations were engaging and generally informative; it appears that he will be making a concrete attempt to create a different culture within the Democratic Party leadership structure.

At the moment, Jo Anne Simon will be co-chairing the Rules Committee of the Kings County Democratic Committee with Councilmember Lew Fidler. I have been asked to oversee the development of a new website for the organization. The next Executive Committee meeting is rumored to be October 15th.    

I'm not saying Joe Hynes should be immune to a challenge, but can't we at least do better?

It is one thing to attack Hynes for not doing enough about sex abuse in the Hasidic community. It is quite another to party with the guys Hynes has actually indicted and the people who raise funds for them.  

It is one thing to attack Vito Lopez, quite another to say he got his girlfriend a “no show job” when everyone knows that Vito's idea of giving his staff a half day off is letting them go home after only twleve hours.

Upon the evidence so far, this man lacks the judgment for the job. NOTE TO THE VOTERS: ABE GEORGE FOR BROOKLYN’S DISTRICT ATTORNEY. | Room Eight www.r8ny.com   

Fidler channels a few of Gate's comments of Gatemouth’s comments about Barron's full-of-hot-air-trial-balloon, and adds a few I hadn't thought of. Charles Barron Does Not Have Lew Fidler’s Vote politicker.com   

Markowitz with the Globetrotters.

The eight foot tall white guy is not Bill DeBlasio. http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/markowitz-harlem-globetrotters.jpg nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com