SPIN CYCLE: Naked Ambition

Which was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion? Vote at newsday.com/

spincycle.

1. Departing White House press secretary Robert Gibbs saying, "I hope you had fun, too."

2. Ex-Rep.Chris Lee's shirtless Craigslist escapade.

3. Ex-Suffolk Legis. George Guldi calling himself to the stand in his insurance-fraud trial.

Last week's

"winner": Virginia Thomas' political consultancy.