6:25 pm Aug. 2, 2012
New York City
Michael Bloomberg tells the Huffington Post that his support for Scott Brown now, "doesn't mean I'll support him ever again." [Sam Stein]
The Willets Point West developers say, in unequivocal terms, they want nothing to do with Walmart. [Clare Trapasso]
2012
The DCCC retracted its prostitution-related attacks on Sheldon Adelson. [Anna Palmer]
GQ explores Mitt Romney's soul. [Wells Tower]
Romney tells Harry Reid to "put up or shut up" about his tax returns. [Maggie Haberman]
Fact-checking Obama's new ad about Romney's tax rate. [Peter Baker]
In New Jersey, Christie outdoes Obama with independents. [Christian Heinze]
The Senate passed a wind-energy tax credit, over the objections of Mitt Romney. [Jonathan Weisman]
The FCC's television advertising database went live. [FCC]
Congressional races
Nan Hayworth and Sean Patrick Maloney are in a virtual tie, according to a Democratic poll. [Nick Reisman]
Albany
Andrew Cuomo isn't interested in "retroactive disclosure." [Nick Reisman]
Ravi Batra, John Sampson's controversial ethics commission pick, threatened to resign if the state's ethics commission doesn't act more ethically. [Glenn Bain]



