The Morning Read: Friday, March 7, 2008

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Jon Corzine thinks that’s a good idea, but Hillary Clinton opposes it.

Though Mark Harrington reports that she has softened her stance on the issue

The odds that the Clinton campaign can get the Florida and Michigan delegates seated without new contests don’t look good, computes Marc Ambinder.

In that case, Anna Marie Cox says there are more likely to be “do-over” caucuses, which she thinks is “a compromise that manages to combine the undemocratic format of caucuses with the permissiveness of bad parents who make rules only to allow their children to break them.”

According to the Austin-American Statesmen, the final Texas delegate numbers are in: Hillary Clinton won 65 and Barack Obama took 61.

Obama adviser Samantha Power called Hillary Clinton a “monster,” then apologized, while the campaign denounced her statement.

Puerto Rico moved its primary to June 1.

John McCain is going to embark upon a “biography tour” to keep himself visible in the national news.

Ed Rendell thinks the winner of the Democratic contest should offer the loser the vice-presidential slot.

A number of House members received letters that appear to be linked to yesterday’s explosion in Times Square.

Ron Paul is hinting to his supporters that he will quit the race.

Survey USA has a map (color coded!) that shows head-to-head general election matchups.

When stopped by police for D.U.I, , Adam Clayton Powell IV reportedly told police, “I’m not drunk because I ate something."

Sonny Carson gets his street renaming.

Assembly Democrats say they’ll win over Eliot Spitzer on tax hikes.

Spitzer’s Medicaid plan gets mixed reactions.

Andrew Cuomo is expanding his investigation of the health insurance industry.

Michael Bloomberg doesn’t think two Muslim holy days should be school holidays.

The mayor said that as of a result of budget cuts, "The arts are not going to get cut in schools any more than anything else."

Inez Dickens is the target of a union unhappy with her position on the rezoning of 125th Street.

There’s another candidate for Joe Addabbo’s seat.

Former Brooklyn Democratic party boss Clarence Norman paid back $10,000 he forced a judicial candidate to pay to his preferred consultant.

George Pataki underwent surgery.

A Community Board chairman in Queens narrowly keeps his job.

Gay City News covers the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Sunnyside in detail.

A statewide poll conducted on behalf of the Empire State Pride Agenda showed a lot of support for legislation protecting transgender people.

The plan for a community advisory board to Atlantic Yards seems to have stalled.

And the left-of-center Gersh Kuntzman is not excited about Ralph Nader’s latest presidential run.

The Morning Read: Friday, March 7, 2008