While you were waiting for Mitt Romney's announcement
Briefing: Thrush in City Hall.
4:45 pm Aug. 10, 2012
2012
Prospective Romney running mate Kelly Ayotte suddenly changed her travel schedule. [Michael Hastings]
"The law says you can't condemn an ad?" Chuck Todd challenged White House spokesman Jay Carney. [Becket Adams]
No more editing Romney's Wikipedia page. Thanks Colbert. [Luke Brown]
The lineup of Sunday talk shows. [Sarah Mimms]
Michael Bloomberg and Rupert Murdoch will discuss immigration policies at the New England Council on August 14. [BusinessWire.com]
George Pataki and Rudy Giuliani raise money for Senate candidate Connie Mack. [Nick Reisman]
2013
Mother Jones magazine notes Council Speaker Christine Quinn's opposition to the Paid Sick legislation, and has a map showing the U.S. relative to other countries on this issue. [Erika Eichelberger]
City Hall
A Washington Post writer describes Bloomberg as a "data-driven despot" whose approach to politics is very transactional. [Jason Horowitz]
Albany
Cuomo's complaint about the proposed $14 tolls on the Tappan Zee Bridge did not go unnoticed. [Jim FItzgerald]
Cuomo's office did not elaborate on his comment that he was "seeking financial mechanisms that lower the cost of credit and borrowing" for the project. [Reuters]
Cuomo spoke about the late Liberal Party boss Ray Harding. [Celeste Katz]
Allison Lee, the wife of retiring Democratic congressman Maurice Hinchey, was sentenced to 60 days in jail for DWI. [Jordan Carleo-Evangelist]
Assemblyman Mike Cusick is running. [Facebook]
Media
"The trash-talking schoolyard athlete in Obama is very much in evidence," a publisher's note says of Glenn Thrush's forthcoming book. [Amazon]
