Metro editor Jesse Angelo and politics editor Gregg Birnbaum must be particularly pleased with the cover story, which actually manages to make Al Pirro look even worse: we knew he had mis-spent business funds to fight, and lose, a paternity suit; now we learn that he bought his previously-ignored daughter a car the day Jeanine announced her Senate run, a "glaringly obvious" move, as his ex-lover helpfully explains.

And then there's this, sure to impress Mike Long: "She said the two split after she told Al Pirro that she was pregnant and he told her to get an abortion. "

Then there's Dicker's report -- which mirrrors what I've been hearing -- that there are senior Republicans basically rooting for Pirro to fail, also an important story. Along the way, Leslie Snyder gets savaged, Margarita Lopez takes another hit, and we read a nice little tidbit about Hillary.

Enough of the rewriting; it's an impressive paper today. Which isn't to say we wouldn't mind a little credit when they take our stories.

UPDATED: At the urging of an enraged Postie, this item was updated to spread internal credit around a bit more fairly.