Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has a challenger: community activist Paul Newell, who previously told me, “I think 2008 is not a great year to be a 32-year incumbent. [Albany Project]
Upstate Republican State Senator Mary Lou Rath will not seek re-election. [Liz]
The Times Union endorses Hillary Clinton. [Times-Union]
Clinton will be in Springfield, Massachusetts today as Ted Kennedy is in D.C. with Barack Obama. [CBS]
Jesse Jackson was not offended by Bill Clinton’s comments about Obama’s victory in South Carolina. [The Caucus]
The editor of a magazine on the Chicago public schools weighs in on Obama’s position on education. [Education Notes Online]
Not everyone is surprised that Tom NiNapoli found the Thruway is not efficient. [Buffalo Pundit]
Janet Reno endorses Hillary. [Miami Herald]
The funding for Atlantic Yards may be in jeaopardy. [Atlantic Yards Report]
Mike Huckabee goes after Mitt Romney on the way Romney eats K.F.C. [CNN]
Romney’s spokesperson confirms the campaign is doing anti-McCain robocalls, and says there’s no problem with that. [Naked Politics]
Carrie Budoff Brown notices Obama’s stump speech echoing Malcom X. [Ben]
Sources say Tony Rezco has been arrested. [Chicago Tribune]
It’s way too late to change your party registration in New York. [Reform NY]
And Jason Horowitz takes a stab at celebrity reporting while on the campaign trail with Giuliani. [Daily Transom]
