Extras

“I definitely stepped on my message in the last two weeks, twice,” Carl Paladino admitted.

NYT readers are very angry with Paladino.

Democratic Rep. Bill Owens is touting his voting loyalty to…House Minority Leader John Boehner?!

Paladino is meeting with former Westchester County DA/2006 AG contender Jeanine Pirro to prepare for Monday’s seven-way debate.

Here’s Vanity Fair’s take on the NY governor’s race.

Mayor Bloomberg will campaign for nonpartisan redistricing reform in Florida.

Maggie Haberman wonders: Whither the debate between Sen. Chuck Schumer and Jay Townsend?

A federal judge issued a worldwide injunction on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

“Jewish money” is back in NY-13.

Rep. Paul Tonko is going the positive route.

Rep. Tim Bishop has a donor problem.

Democratic Assembly leaders are also (and again) urging candidates to denounce Paladino and call on their GOP opponents to do the same.

Bloomberg vs. Gillibrand on the food stamp soda ban.

Jews in the Catskills have turned against Rep. Maurice Hinchey.

Action on the property tax cap is unlikely to come this year.

The Orthodox Union clarifies: It did not endorse Sen. Eric Schneiderman for AG.

“Parker Spitzer” is helping to give CNN its worst average primetime ratings in 10 years.

Azi Paybarah wrote recently about the lawn sign barometer; here’s a cluster I spotted en route to the gym this morning. (Look at that “Cuomo/Duffy” right smack in the middle).