New Yorkers elected Bloomberg mayor not because he was fun to watch but because he looked as if he knew how to run things. Now, you've got to wonder. He doesn't even seem to notice when he's wrong.

The new governor had 82 PowerPoint slides in a speech laden with promises of reform. But just do one thing important and difficult, Andrew. We're too beaten down to hold grudges if the other 81 power points don't come true.

As Andrew Cuomo takes over the reins of New York, he's being watched by a very proud father. But don't let Mario Cuomo hear you use the word proud.

Mike Bloomberg took a crack at rebuilding his flagging popularity today in a State of the City speech that made war on Albany. It was a new day. New, new, new.

Even if the former mayor of New York was as fine a leader on September 11 as he imagines he was, it's been a decade. If he has another act in him, we'd have seen a hint.