Applications for jobless benefits rise to 426,000, and it is no surprise when we have job-killing politicians and an administration that has its own war on jobs.

File this under chutzpah.

Is the President really blind to the baggage that Thomas E. Donilon carries? Donilon was the registered lobbyist for Fannie Mae from 1999 to 2005, we are all aware of the relationship of Fannie Mae and HUD and the financial fiasco caused by the housing meltdown despite the fact that the principles involved insisted Fannie and Freddie were on solid financial ground. Donilon now becomes our National Security Advisor? Is he kidding? Apparently not, but every American should find his appointment very unsettling.

Almost as unsettling as this article explaining how Andrew Cuomo failed to clean up the fraud and wasteful mismanagement during his tenure at HUD. Andrew Cuomo, with his Working Families Party endorsement...a political organization that demands distribution of wealth....will make certain that nothing changes in New York State despite the claims that he is leading the charge to "clean up the dysfunction in Albany". If he cleans up Albany the same way he cleaned up HUD, the citizens of New York will be faced with unprecedented fiscal chaos. Remember what Michael Goodwin said.... a tiger does not change his stripes.

E. J. McMahon writes about New York's unfunded pensions. Can't help but wonder how the Working Families Party and Andrew Cuomo will solve this dilemma.

The Daily News doesn't like DiNapoli's weasel campaign, the NY Post Editorial doesn't like Scott Murphy's support of Pelosi, and the WSJ criticizes Sen. Schumer for not debating republican/conservative candidate Jay Townsend. All good news for our candidates.

Unfortunately for the students in Washington, DC, Michelle Rhee is looking for a new job. Ms. Rhee should submit her resume to the successful gubernatorial candidate on November 3 and we all know only one of the potential candidates would accept it. Chancellor Merryl H. Tisch, isn't it time for your retirement?