For years, the governor has done little more than pay lip service to the call for campaign-finance reform. So why was Mr. Finance Reform himself hanginÂ’ with George?

At this week's state Democratic convention, Carl McCall and Andrew Cuomo will get the nod to duke it out in the September primary, with McCall the front-runner. That's the bad news . . .

From George Pataki making nice with Dennis Rivera to Mike Bloomberg communing with Al Sharpton, the top Republicans are acting more like Democrats than the Democrats.

In 1996 and '97, the city routinely subjected minor offenders to humiliating strip searches -- a policy that could now cost all of us as much as $1 billion in damages.

Republicans in Congress are again on a Janet Reno witch hunt over Waco, but the real culprit is the insular, arrogant culture of the FBI.

At this point in the mayoral race, only a connect-the-dots series of events could keep Mark Green out of Gracie Mansion -- but anything can happen . . .

The Democratic Party leadership has all but written off McCall's lackluster run. As funds and hours run out, some pols are already lining up to place the blame on any shoulder but Carl's.

That deadly asteroid homing in on Geraldine Ferraro's campaign is Charles Schumer, who has the record and now the money to win the primary and take on Al D'Amato.

If the $2 ride becomes history (for now), what else might we roll back?

The shade of the late Arthur Goldberg -- great man, terrible candidate -- hovers above Rye, where Democrats will gather to select candidates for statewide offices.