As a strategist, he's as good as they come. I think of guys like him and Mike McKeon as the A-team when it comes to Republican politics in New York.

In fairness, I think Bush knew he would get blamed for Virginia, one way or another. Given that, they probably thought they would do what they could.

We've got a good system in place. Guys know their roles, and we've got a capable backup. If Mike isn't 100 percent, then Matt will step right in.

We want New Yorkers to see the real Hillary and obviously we're looking forward to it.

This morning, we filed a statement of organization with the Federal Election Commission to establish the Hillary Rodham Clinton for U.S. Senate Exploratory Committee.

He had no coattails, so there's not a single member of the City Council who owes their election to him,