The title of this post is a line I've imported from a Blondie song. It just seems to fit my general feeling today. Today I'm in Manhattan, and a look at the newspaper reminds one of the great POLITICAL distance between New York City and Albany. The NY Post pulling no punches, hammering Governor David Paterson and his sudden slam-dunk Senate pick Kirsten Gillibrand and the now-indicted former Senator Joe Bruno. The paper predicts that, like the terminator, Andrew Cuomo and Caroline Kennedy "will be back" when time comes. The Post: Gov Says Caroline Turned 'Nasty'... NYDN: ..underwhelmed from the start

Up in Albany, talk has already shifted away from politics to basketball, as UAlbany and Siena play home games this weekend. The Times Union has game updates, results and photos at:Siena and UAlbany as well as the TU SportsBlog

The newspapers also reflect the continuing decline of the economy: The Post has three timely articles - one about layoffs at public television station WNET/13, another about Girl Scout Cookies being downsized, and another about the MTA giving toolbooth attendants the boot as more motorists switch to E-ZPass.

And in the Nation's Capitol: OBAMA VS. RUSH IN NEW MEDIA WAR

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