The Morning Read: Wednesday, April 9, 2008

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Teacher tenure isn’t going to be tied to student performance, which is what Michael Bloomberg wanted.

Larry McShane looks at the money going into Sheldon Silver’s district.

Christine Quinn is taking responsibility for, but not questions on, the slush fund that was recently uncovered.

Barack Obama asked David Petraeus expansive questions, while Hillary Clinton asked for details and specifics, according to Glenn Thrush.

Nassau County comptroller Howard Weitzman gets ready to run for something new.

Daniel Shapiro follows the Spitzers as they make an unannounced appearance in public yesterday.

Here’s what Staten Island lost when congestion pricing died.

Bloomberg has scheduled a private meeting with Irish First Minister Ian Paisley, according to the Belfast Telegraph.

A student newspaper reports that an Obama campaign staffer said, "Get me more white people" at a Pennsylvania event, which Ben thinks isn’t a big deal.

"I think that there is some fundamental misunderstanding of the way this whole nominating process works," Clinton said in a radio interview.

Roger Simon thinks things started to go wrong for Clinton way back in Iowa.

Elizabeth Edwards likes Clinton’s health care plan.

Nancy Pelosi shows more distaste for the role of superdelegates.

The Morning Read: Wednesday, April 9, 2008