Anna Sale

Today's front page. (newseum.org)

Trump's Groundwork:"He has interviewed at least two people for a campaign manager position, sources said. He is in contact with several well-known media consultants and has spoken to figures in the evangelical community like Ralph Reed and Tony Perkins." (Politico)

Trump's Team:"In New York, I know all of the great business people, and they're vicious, ruthless, horrible human beings in many cases. And I want them negotiating for me." (NPR)

NY's GOP Freshmen: The risks of House budget positions locally, which may pave way for Democratic dominance. (Capital NY)

Willie Brown's 2012 Prediction:"Vice President Biden moves over to secretary of state, with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo stepping in to bring new blood to the Obama re-election campaign." (NY Post)

Where Christie Stands: “He is absolutely the most conservative governor we have had in the modern history of the state." (NY Times)

Menendez Stresses Party Loyalty:"There's a difference between working with the governor on government and engaging with the governor on politics." (NY Post)

Greening NYC While in Red:""The jury is out on moving forward in a budget challenged, in a deficit era." (Gotham Gazette)

Krugman:"if Democrats believe that Republicans are talking cruel nonsense, they should say so — and take their case to the voters." (NY Times)

Kruger's Aide's Raises:"Given the stink surrounding Kruger, [Koppel's] huge salary doesn't smell right at all." (NY Post)

NYC Ticket-Fixing:"Some two dozen officers in the Bronx could face criminal charges as a result of a lengthy inquiry into the practice." (NY Times)

Bruno's Daughter's Job:"Probers have accumulated boxes of records and letters after seeking written material referencing Bruno's name or position from the foundation." (Albany Times-Union)

DiNapoli's Charitable Giving: includes "$14 donation to the Girl Scouts was part of of a campaign the Girl Scouts had to send cookies to U.S. troops stationed overseas." (NY Daily News)

Nadler's on DOMA's Defense:""Rather than defending DOMA in court, Congress should be working to repeal it." (NPR)

Confront Your Weaknesses:"McCain suggested that Haley Barbour should do that on race, Newt Gingrich on his three marriages, and Mitt Romney on why his Massachusetts-care looks a lot like Obamacare." (NY Daily News)

Former NY State Comptroller Alan Hevesi. (Spencer Platt/Getty)

Sentencing Today: "Disgraced ex-Controller Alan Hevesi is facing up to four years in the slammer." (NY Daily News)

Impact:"It will never be known how the fund - currently valued at more than $140 billion - would have performed if Hevesi's only concern had been making sound investment choices for retired state workers." (WNYC)

Why No Major Prosecutions for Financial Crisis?:"In effect, the same dynamic that helped enable the crisis — weak regulation — also made it harder to pursue fraud in its aftermath." (NY Times)

Obama:"You think we're stupid?" pres says, recounting highlight from budget negotiations with GOP in an open mic. (CBS)

Volcker:""It's all getting in line for the debate we need." (WNYC)

If Spitzer Runs: I will too, says former Stock Exchange Chairman Grasso. (NY Times)

Transit Hub Development:"The city will join Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties and four cities in Connecticut in the bi-state collaboration." (Wall Street Journal)

Madoff Suspicions at JPMorgan:"Michael Cembalest, a chief investment officer at the bank’s private banking unit. His team investigated Mr. Madoff and, 'after seeing all of the red flags, chose not to invest," says lawsuit. (NY Times)

General Electability vs Tea Party Appeal:"Christie has the potential to bridge this divide." (Salon)

Minority Reps Say Cuomo Needs to Back Rent Regs to Repair Relationship:"He does have to deliver." (NY Daily News)

If You Break Protocol:"'As much as I didn’t want to kill him,' Mr. Massino said of the 1999 murder of Gerlando Sciascia, 'I had to kill him.'” (NY Times)

New Q-Poll: Property Tax Cap Should be Top Priority, 56 support gay marriage law, 55 percent want lawyer legislators to disclose clients, 51 percent want independent redistricting commission. (Quinnipiac Poll)

Cuomo Vetos Foreclosure Prevention Funds:"shocking housing advocates who say the funding is crucial for helping at-risk homeowners." (Albany Times-Union)

Gillibrand Asks Protections For Dream Act Youth:"they have great potential to contribute to our country and children should not be punished for their parents' mistakes." (NY Post)

This Came Up While Clinton Talked about Times Square's Air Quality:"I saw a hooker approach a man in a gray flannel suit. It's pretty heavy stuff for a guy from Arkansas." (NY Daily News)

Obama Reemerges:"Negotiations with an implacable opposition are about to get much tougher, but it was a relief to see Mr. Obama standing up for the values that got him to the table," say the editors. (NY Times)

Gillibrand's Swipe at Kyl:"For my friends and colleagues, this is a factual statement — current law already prevents federal money from paying for abortions." (NY Observer)

Onion v Sweet Corn in State Vegetable Fight:"Clearly, people feel passionately about their vegetables." (NY Daily News)

The Confusion from New Honorary Names:"If you really wanted to honor great men and women my suggestion, as I've said, would be to name something brand new after them." (Wall Street Journal)

Obama's Sister on Their Mother:"She was tremendously nurturing." (WNYC)

Romney on Trump:"My view is 'come on in the water's fine. The more the merrier.'" (London Daily Mail)

Where Bodies are Dumped:"There’s two maps of New York overlapping here. The map of places that are somehow forgotten and beautifully mysterious, and the map of people that are forgotten.” (NY Times)

The deal includes wage and health benefit concessions from a unit Council 82 that represents 1160 state law enforcement workers. This is part of Governor Cuomo's effort to negotiate $450 million in givebacks from public employee unions, which he says are needed to avoid 9.800 layoffs.

"This is a model the other unions negotiating with the state can follow," the governor said in a statement announcing the concessions.

Details:

• Zero wage increases for fiscal years 2011/2012, 2012/2013, and 2013/2014.
• Eliminating performance advances ("step increases").
• Employees will be encouraged to use outpatient hospital services. A co-pay will be charged for in-patient services.
• Co-pays will be introduced for in-network emergency room visits, radiological and lab work and other hospital services.
  
• Medical visit co-pays will be increased but there will be no deductible for in-network services.
• Reduce amount of unused sick leave which can be credited toward reducing health care insurance premiums in retirement.

The law enforcement unit of Council 82 represents SUNY Police, state conservation officers, and forest rangers.

Update: Our Karen Dewitt in Albany sent reaction from two of the major state employee unions to Cuomo's pressure. The Public Employee Federation noted it is "very familiar with the deal announced today," because the state offered it a similar proposal. It rejected it, saying "it would impose an unfair burden including long-term hardships on our members and their families."

CSEA released an equally pointed statement, saying this deal affects "a very small number of specific state law enforcement officers who haven’t had a contract for six years." That union, which represents 66,000 state workers, "will continue to negotiate in good faith at the bargaining table."

There's a new one in Albany, ticking off the minutes until current rent regulations are set to expire.

(Karen Dewitt)

The clock counts down to June 15, the end of the line for the current regulations. "We want it done before then, and maybe if we do it before then, let's say this coming month, we're going to have some kind of fireworks come out of this clock," said Sen. Adrian Espaillot.

"We are asking Dean Skelos and the Republicans not to be obstructionist," said the Democratic senator.

We Really Like Him: Cuomo's 64 percent approval rating is "higher than the governors in any state polled by Quinnipiac University so far this year." (Quinnipiac Poll)

'I Can't Believe They Mentioned My Family': Cuomo bristles. (NY Observer)

No Hurry on Tax Cap:"'The calendar says we are here until June 22,' Silver said." (Albany  Times-Union)

Suspicious Package: sent to Sen. Ball after Islam hearing, included "an unknown liquid as well as a letter containing numerous anti-Semitic and anti-Christian statements." (NY Daily News)

The czars are gone! At least, that was one of the sexier headlines this morning as details finally emerged about the $39 billion in cuts this year.

Three of the four eliminated czar posts, Politico points out, were already vacant. That includes the Urban Affairs czar post, that was created by President Obama at the start of his term to, in the Obama's words, "bring long overdue attention to the urban areas where 80 percent of the American people live and work."

That seat was occupied by former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion -- for about a year. Carrion left last May to become the regional Housing and Urban Development director for New York and New Jersey.

Another New Yorker, Derek R. B. Douglas, continues to advise President Obama on urban issues. The former Paterson aide was named special assistant the President on urban affairs when Carrion was tapped. He sits on the White House Domestic Policy Council, and is one of two staff members listed on the Office of Urban Affairs website.

From the front page of today's Albany Times-Union. (newseum.org)

Drilling Protest:"You never know what's going to come out of our faucet from day to day. This has turned our lives totally upside down." (Albany Times-Union)

Local Frack Fight: "On the other side are the longtime residents, farmers and ranchers who own their mineral rights and stand to make a lot of money on leases and royalties." (Associated Press)

Rangel on Budget:"What [Obama has] done politically does not fit what I think should be done morally." (NY Daily News)

Grimm and Gillibrand: introduce versions of same property tax deduction bill. (The Hill)

Schumer on Illegal Prescription Drugs: wants to expand federal anti-racketeering to include trading in painkillers. (Buffalo News)

In town today to talk about labor's place in the economic recovery, AFT President Randi Weingarten -- and the former head of UFT in New York -- weighed in on the national legacy of Cathie Black's short tenure.

The national lesson is experience in education matters, and we have to stop this view of silver bullets and blame because what what was pushing some of these views that all you need is a charismatic leader who then will ride in on a horse and change everything. It just doesn't work that way.

Weingarten pointed to the trouble with Black's private sector roots, but was more measured than others -- like NYU education historian Diane Ravitch.

It doesn't mean that you can't never have a business leader as a chancellor, of course not. But there has to be a real understanding that experience and content really matters.

Speaking at Columbia University today, former Governor David Paterson waded right into the federal budget debate.

"As a nation, we're going the wrong way," he said. The former governor said he understood "the political winds," but he said troubled European economies show how cutting spending can dramatically lead to deflationary spirals.

"We have a revenue crisis" Paterson said. "The road out of this is revenue generation."

The former governor kept his tax comments focused on Washington. He mentioned the progressive tax surcharge added to the bill of New York taxpayers earning more than $200,000 during his administration -- but he didn't comment on its coming expiration at the end of year.

He called the on-time budget in Albany "a tremendous, tremendous achievement" because it closed a $10 billion deficit without adding new taxes or new borrowing.

Today's front page. (newseum.org)

Plouffe:"There is zero chance that Donald Trump would ever be hired by the American people." (NY Daily News)

'He's Scared Most of Labor into a Stupor': Cuomo's First 100 Days (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

Guy on Gov:"Andrew is teaching the Democrats in the state to act more like Republicans. He's come in with sound policies. He's strong and tough," says Molinari. (NY Post)

Cuomo: His performance thus far has advanced the cause of limited government on the Hudson far more than did his past three predecessors - the hapless David Paterson, the shirtless Eliot Spitzer, and the clueless Republican, George Pataki," says Hoover Institution fellow. (Winter Haven (FL) News Chief)

Wall Street:"with the threat of incarceration [and reregulation] on the table, it led to a temporary focus on relative decorum. But that’s all over now, so Wall Street has cheerfully gone back to doing what it’s great at.” (NY Magazine)

NYC Immigration Policy:Instead of looking toward Washington, the new program focuses on government at its most humble: police precinct councils, community board meetings, zoning laws. (NY Times)

Cuomo Names Non-Cop as #2 at State Police:""This sends a message that the State Police is not a club, that this is about professionalism." (NY Post)

Cuomo marks 100 days in office on Sunday. In a 25-minute radio interview with WCNY's Capitol Pressroom, the governor talked to Susan Arbetter about his packed schedule -- "I think if you count the hours, rather than the days, it's been years of service" -- and how he defied expectations by getting a "good," "honest," "clean" budget passed on time.

He also broke out new talking points that sidestep ideological questions of spending versus taxes (including Silver's drumbeat to re-up the higher income tax rate on millionaires).

Governor Cuomo doesn't want to talk about money in or money out - he wants to talk about efficiency and performance in government.

The answer can’t always be, ‘they should pay more taxes.’ That can’t always be the answer. At one point the question has to change to, what are we getting for the dollar? And how do we do this with more efficiency and more effectiveness?

He first brought it up when he was asked about the property tax cap:

We are talking about the tax cap. And you’re going to hear me talking about something else which I have been talking about but I’m going to emphasize it even more, which is performance in government. Output.  Results.

He applied the same frame to schools:

The school district gets a check by some formula amount. Well, where is performance in that equation? Where is funding for teachers who do a better job than other teachers, or schools that do a better job than other schools? Or school districts? Where do we reward performance? Where are the bonuses?...I think once you start to say, look, funding of education is not funding the business interests of education. We should start talking about funding performance in education. And let’s start to look at this situation from the student’s point of view. You know, you say Susan, ‘the superintendents, the mayors’, yeah how about from the students? And what schools are performing for the students, and let’s start to evaluate performance.

To taxes generally...:

You know, New York – government writ large,  we’ve been very generous in our funding for many many years.  We’re now at a point where the people of the state are saying I can’t pay anymore taxes, businesses are saying we’re leaving at this tax rate, and we have to shift the question to efficiency, effectiveness, and results.

...And to property taxes specifically:

That’s what this period of time is all about. Property tax, by the way, which you brought up, is part of that. Property tax cap is, let’s impose fiscal discipline. And let’s put a cap on the growth. Nobody’s saying reduction.  Some people did say we should talk about cutting property taxes below zero.  That was rejected. My proposal is cap the growth. Now school districts, local governments, say well we don’t want to cap the growth. I understand you don’t want to cap the growth. But the people of this state are saying  need a cap on my property tax because you’re taxing me out of my home!

How It Happened: Ms. Black, 66, was surprised when Mr. Bloomberg called her to a meeting at 9 a.m. on Thursday at his office in City Hall and said to her, according to those told of the conversation, 'This is not working out.'" (NY Times)

The Tenure That Will Live in Infamy:a timeline of her "gaffe-a-thon" (NY Daily News)

Administration Official:"We're hoping to look back at today as the day we turned the corner on the third term." (Wall Street Journal)

Also Leaving: State Education Commissioner David Steiner, who granted Black the waiver for her job. (NY Post)

While Walcott Waits for Waiver:"Senior Deputy Chancellor Shael Polakow-Suransky will head the department but report to Mr. Walcott," (Wall Street Journal)

Walcott 2013 Chatter:"An African American [with credibility on Wall Street] and the mayor's backing would be virtually unbeatable," said one City Hall source, "except he would have to resign now to start raising money." (NY Daily News)

Walcott's Challenge;"Without the stridency of Rhee or the discomfort of Black, he will test whether better relationships will lead to better politics as he takes charge of Bloomberg’'s education redesign." (WNYC)

Redistricting Robocalls Coming: “They are very cheap," says Koch, on using calls to target lawmakers to live up to pledge for nonpartisan redistricting reform. (Albany Times-Union)

New Scrutiny for State Parking Perks: “Quite simply, it was a system that invited abuse.” (Transportation Nation)

Today's front page (newseum.org)

Levy Fundraising Probe:"revealed serious issues with regard to fundraising and the manner in which it was conducted, including the use of public resources." (Newsday)

Obama and Sharpton:"The president heartily embraced the once-embattled reverend with a handshake and a hug at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers in Midtown." (NY Post)

After Leaving NYC:"Obama and Vice President Biden met face-to-face with House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican under pressure from the Tea Party not to compromise with the Democrats." (NY Daily News)

Eye on 2012: The White House is keenly aware that Mr. Obama will need to tap into his base of black support in the 2012 re-election campaign. (NY Times)

NYC's 911:"nearly a decade after September 11, the 911 rehab is several hundreds of millions of dollars more expensive than originally projected and years behind schedule." (WNYC)

Second NYC Ed Official Announces Exit This Week:"The departure will be a blow to the Bloomberg administration, who argued in November that magazine exec Black would have the benefit of help from experienced deputies." (NY Daily News)

Low Census Culprit?: "some residents in those areas spoke of an impenetrable 'housing underworld' that census workers could not reach," with interactive map. (WNYC)

Former SI Rep Joins Law Firm:Michael McMahon "joins another former member of Congress, Liz Holtzman, and the Republican consultant Kevin Fullington, who worked for the Bloomberg administration and on Rick Lazio's gubernatorial campaign last year." (NY Observer)

Council Passes Snow Response Changes:"to make sure that something like this never happens again, and that there is a clear set of infrastructures within the city's law that will require preparedness, transparency, communication between government." (Wall Street Journal)

CT Gov Shifts Tax Stance:"he's not willing to increase his proposal of $1.5 billion in new taxes--but he might reconsider how the burden is shared." (Connecticut Mirror)

Courts to Close Early to Save Money: "“It’s great to actually get home before the sun goes down." (NY Times)

Gillibrand on Shutdown:"I think it's really irresponsible of just a handful of Republicans who would rather have a headline than do the hard work of governing." (YNN/Capital Tonight)

Cuomo on Rent Regs:"“I think the end is more important than the means. And the end is vitally important." (NY1)

Negotiating with Unions, Cuomo Repeals Layoff Threat: “Negotiations are ongoing and obviously if we don’t reach an agreement, we would need to proceed with layoffs,” says spokesman. (NY Times)

Boehner to Connecticut Saturday: for GOP fundraiser, but "closed to the media at Boehner's request." (Associated Press)

No Property Tax Cap Yet, But....: New Committee to Save New York video concludes, "Together, we're putting the governor's plan to create jobs and cap taxes to work, for the benefit of all New Yorkers." (Youtube)

After School Cuts, Effort to Delay Local Pension Payments:"New York State United Teachers, a labor federation that helped develop the bill, estimates that it could defer $1 billion and protect jobs in strapped districts considering layoffs." (Wall Street Journal)

Sharpton:"the lightning rod in moving Obama's agenda forward." (The Times of Trenton)

Sharpton on Obama's Visit:"'It's not about politics,' he said. 'You know how nonpolitical I am,' he joked." (Wall Street Journal)

Controversial Albany Hearing:"Let's be clear - Sen. Greg Ball is re-creating the King tribunal against Islam here on a state level." (NY Daily News)

Weiner's Way:"generally speaking, people who might find his behavior unseemly, or even childish, are not the ones he's going after." (NY Observer)

Houston to NY in Shuttle Chase:"You don't have the astronauts, we do." (NY Daily News)

Taking Credit for Cuomo:"You could see the Tea Party influence in his behavior." (NY Post)

Public Advocate Challenges Ticket Tab:"de Blasio was slapped with thousands of violations by Sanitation Department agents for attaching campaign posters to public property." (NY Post)

Despite MTA's Increased Communication Efforts:"Above ground, many riders and pedestrians are confused." (Wall Street Journal)

Schumer on Boehner and the Tea Party:"the bottom line is, if he can resist them, not give them their way on everything, I think we can have an agreement. And that’s why there’s a glimmer of hope.” (Politico)

When Democrats Gathered Post-Budget:"No one hugged Mr. Cuomo." (NY Observer)

Speaking today to WCNY's Capitol Pressroom today, Speaker Sheldon Silver talked to Susan Arbetter about ethics reform, the millionaire's tax, and whether Cuomo's new "stealth genius"reputation is well-earned.

On What Ethics Rules He's Agreed To

"We have basically signed off on an agreement with the governor," Silver said. "It will have greater disclosure. It will have disclosure of any conflicts or anybody doing business with the state, or representing people doing business with the state in whatever field of endeavor they're in. And it will have an independent investigative body."

He added, "it's consistent with what I've always said. You should disclose if you represent someone who does business with the state."

That's not how the client disclosure part of the deal's been described elsewhere, so watch for closely how business with the state gets defined in the debate.

On Resurrecting the Millionaire's Tax

"We going to continue to push for it," Silver says of re-upping the expiring tax surcharge for earners making more than $1,000,000. "There's no reason why it shouldn't be in effect. There's no reason why. The federal government has given people who make over a million dollars a tax cut. There's no reason why we can't take some of that back."

On the Media Narrative that Cuomo Beat Albany at Its Own Game

"I have no thoughts on it. I think the members of the Assembly, who I represent in negotiations, understood the difficulty of the economy that we face this year...and that we had to make significant cuts because of the loss of about $7 billion loss of in federal money."

He continued, "Had we been able to enact the millionaire's tax and avoid the loss of income by giving millionaires a tax cut, we would've had more money to make greater restorations in the areas that are most important -- education and educating our children clearly number one."

David Axelrod. Attorney General Eric Holder. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

And that just in the first few hours.

Also making appearances this week at the annual conventionof the National Action Network, Al Sharpton's organization, this week are Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and Obama Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett.

And then there's President Obama himself, who will speak about education at the convention's "Keepers of the Dream" gala tomorrow night.

Sebelius and Duncan were also on the NAN convention schedule last year. (So were then-RNC Chairman Michael Steele and Bill O'Reilly, who did not make this year's list.)

Today's front page (newseum.org)

KSM Military Tribunal at Gitmo:"it marked a significant moment of capitulation in the Obama administration’s largely frustrated effort to dismantle counterterrorism architecture left behind by former President George W. Bush." (NY Times)

Local Reactions:"this is the final nail in the coffin of that wrong-headed idea," said Schumer. (NY Daily News)

Political Losers:"Basically, Holder and DOJ got rolled." (Slate)

Holder Blames Congress:"I know this case in a way that members of Congress do not." (Talking Points Memo)

Actor Jeremy Irons Takes on Bloomberg:"Smokers deserve the same protection as disabled people and children." (London Daily Mail)

Cathie Black's 17 Percent Approval: “It is a long way from 50 percent, where you can at least say the city is divided about her. There’s no real core support.” (NY Times)

Compromise Bill on Sex Abuse Lawsuits in CT: "How is a defendant to defend against against a claim, potentially 60 years after an event happened?" (CT Mirror)

Testimony in Police Rape Case:"The officers returned to the apartment repeatedly because she had asked them to check on her, even telling them to take her keys." (NY Times)

Christie Attacks Double-Dipping, while County Exec Partakes:"Mr. DiVincenzo said he believes the pension system must be reformed, but he is taking advantage of the way the system operates now to do what is right for his family." (Wall Street Journal)

Cuomo's Man on Hudson Power Cable:"he made it clear that he had a mandate from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to rescue the power-cable project." (NY Times)

Package Mailed to Peter King:"The severed pig's foot was accompanied by a letter filled with anti-Semitic slurs." (NY Daily News)

Hope 2.0:"Unfortunately, President Obama is one person, he cannot, plus he got a job. We're paying him to do a job, so we can't say can you just take some time off and come and get us all energized., so we better figure it out." (Youtube)

Ethics Deal Announced:"Silver said Cuomo and Assembly Democrats have had a deal for several weeks." (NY Daily News)

Cuomo's Capital:"He doesn't have the same institutional leverage he had in the budget." (Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin)

Channeling Al Smith:"One of Cuomo's first moves upon taking office was to put Smith's portrait in the Capitol's Red Room, the ornate setting for major announcements and news conferences." (Albany Times-Union)

9/11 Families:"having 'human remains, as part of the museum, a programmable part of the museu'" was 'not acceptable.'" (WNYC)

Snow may be in the forecast, but it could be worse.

Now Rent Regs, Property Tax Cap, Gay Marriage:"In other words, after winning in checkers, Mr. Cuomo is moving on to chess." (Wall Street Journal)

Silver on NYC Budget Reserves:"It’s raining in New York. It’s been raining now for two years, and whatever you have put aside, now is the time to use it. These are the days that they were put aside for.” (NY Daily News)

Teachers Union on NYC Budget Reserves: “The city has a huge surplus — it always has — and I’m sure that it is growing as we speak." (NY Times)

Peter King on Losing Firefighters: “Some of the guys I talked to said, ‘We stood with Bush on Queens Boulevard. Now, the Republicans have turned on us.’" (Politico)

Schumer and Budget:"Schumer, who has taken on an increasingly visible role within his party, noted that one prominent conservative columnist had predicted that Republicans would be blamed politically if there were a shutdown." (Washington Post)

Schumer and Syrup:"said in a prepared statement that New York imports maple syrup from Quebec despite having 200 million more maple trees than the Canadian province." (Adirondack Daily Enterprise)

Megan McCain, Film Critic:"Each actor brings their very public liberal bias to a story that has and will more than likely be portrayed from a liberal, elite Hollywood point of view," on HBO's Game Change. (Politico)

Hillary's High:"Clinton's approval rating hit 66 percent amid global turmoil, a rating topped only by her 67-point rating after the House impeached Bill Clinton." (NY Post)