Two governors, one a centrist Democrat, the other an increasingly conservative Republican, both with ballooning deficits and plummeting poll ratings -- yesterday's New York Times had articles about both. In which article was the opening sentence "It is a matter of debate among elected officials and political scientists whether [unpopular governor] is a great leader or merely a great politician"?

Surprise, surprise: It wasn't the article about Gray Davis of California.

Then again, why shouldn't the Times praise the ever-more-Bush-like George Pataki? After all, last November it endorsed him.

Oh, that liberal media....