Spin cycle: Naked ambition

Which was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player? Vote at newsday.com/spincycle.

1. Suffolk Executive Steve Levycalling zero county homicides in the first 65 days of 2011 "a 100 percent decline in murders."

2. Nassau Executive Edward Mangano packaging layoffs and wage freezes as "a refusal to hike property taxes."

3. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, via his spokesman, linking bad polls to "making tough choices in a difficult time."

Last week's "winner": Newt Gingrich linking marital infidelities to love of country.