‎The Fat Lady hasn't taken her solo yet, but she's clearing her throat and the sheet music on her stand reads "Samba For Charlie.” Board of Elections: Rangel wins by 990 votes online.wsj.com    

The primary was almost two weeks ago, but Gestetner (spinning for the Aronis) and Orthodox Pundit (articulating the Zali line) are still doing their autopsies (and I thought such things were halachically forbidden).

They agree on one thing--that Hasidim accounted for 90% of the 7th CD's vote coming from within AD 50.

And they are both probably wrong.

But puffing the Hasidic numbers is the one area of mutual Zali/Aroni interest.

Skurnick's count of Dems in the 50th AD part of the 7th CD indicates that Spanish surnames are 4,743 out of 21,901 or 21. 6 %. And that doesn't count Blacks, Yuppies, Asians (part of Lindsay Park was counted in the 50th for this primary, even though it will be in the 53rd for the September primary) and others.   

Cuomo has always portrayed himself as a Clinton Democrat--it turns out he meant DeWitt. Governor Cuomo Announces Erie Canalway Trail Expansion in Western New York | Governor Andrew M. Cuom www.governor.ny.gov    

As the scrap metal dealer said in the “Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz,” “It's war and the white man has all the guns.” GOP builds cash edge www.timesunion.com

Not to mention other weapons of mass destruction: New York Senate OKs $369M for pet projects www.democratandchronicle.com 

As tempting (and appropriate) as it is to have a laugh at the expense of the City Council, this article exposing a supposed scandal about member items does its best to obscure the fact that if a group does not become IRS compliant, it will not get funded, so I'm not sure what here justifies the story's front page status. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/city-council-members-steer-300-000-pork-cash-outfits-badly-run-v www.nydailynews.com    

Goodwin calls the Presidential race "Bully versus Nerd," but confuses who is who. It’s bully versus nerd www.nypost.com    

One is entitled to believe that The President's Health Care Reform squeezes too much savings from Medicare, or that it does not go far enough in doing so, but one really cannot believe that it does both those things at once.

Unless one is the Republican Party. Mixed Message as Republicans Claim Health Law Cuts Medicare www.nytimes.com    

For the Post's information, the area of the West Side between 96th and 110 has been calling itself Bloomingdale at least since the mid-80s, if not longer.

However, that area, west of Broadway is known as Manhattan Valley. W. Siders: Call us ‘Bloomingdale’ www.nypost.com