Politics

Saturday
10 a.m. Al Sharpton and Larry Camp hold a discussion at the National Action Network office, 106 West 145th St.

10 a.m. The city hosts a citywide spelling bee for Out-of-School Time participants at Borough of Manhattan Community College, Tribeca Theatre, 199 Chambers St.

11 a.m. Representative Nydia Velazquez teaches English to school kids at a public school located at 5010 Sixth Ave. in Brooklyn.

Although Michael Bloomberg gets credit for running New York City as a business, Rudy Giuliani told reporters, “I think I started that.”

Ben has more on the Penn, Schoen & Berland law suit and its possible connection to Bloomberg's potential run for higher office.

A Bloomberg candidacy would put more states in play.

Bloomberg supporters may be part a vast, well-paid conspiracy.

Bloomberg said he was forced to announce his change in party registration earlier than expected since “the press got wind of it.”

Newt Gingich says he may run for president just to stop Hillary Clinton.

Mario Cuomo left the folks at Cooper Union “in stitches” during a dialogue with John Edwards yesterday.

Jay Rosen’s campaign web site venture with Ariana Huffington is beefing up its staff.

Congress has never been less popular.

And for any national reporter covering Bloomberg, here’s a clip of him answering the death penalty question once and for all.

Assemblyman Dov Hikind just emailed me a statement in response to an earlier statement from gay rights activist Alan Van Capelle slamming him for opposing same-sex marriage.

Capelle, responding to a column in the Daily News by Errol Louis, said, “I guess Errol Louis doesn't mind standing with Dov Hikind, and I don't think that's where most people want to stand.”

Hikind’s response: “If we authorize gay marriage in the state of New York, those who want to live and love incestuously will be five steps closer to achieving their goals as well.”

Hikind's full response is after the jump.