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

spincycle.

1. Newburgh Mayor Nicholas Valentine offering his city to host terrorism trials.

2. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg hiring political operative Howard Wolfsonas a $200,000-a-year deputy mayor while closing firehouses.

3. Twenty-two Republican senators providing a crucial bloc of votes to confirm a second term for Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.

Last week's

"winners"

(unscientific tie): Ex-Gov. George Pataki keeping his name in play for Senate and Sen. Craig Johnson backing Bloomberg on city charter schools.

President and CEO of Nassau University Medical Center Thomas Stokes explains the problems caused by the aging infrastructure within the hospital. Newsday Associate Editor Joye Brown reports.  Credit: Newsday/Kendall Rodriguez

Inside look at NUMC's aging infrastructure President and CEO of Nassau University Medical Center Thomas Stokes explains the problems caused by the aging infrastructure within the hospital. Newsday Associate Editor Joye Brown reports.

President and CEO of Nassau University Medical Center Thomas Stokes explains the problems caused by the aging infrastructure within the hospital. Newsday Associate Editor Joye Brown reports.  Credit: Newsday/Kendall Rodriguez

Inside look at NUMC's aging infrastructure President and CEO of Nassau University Medical Center Thomas Stokes explains the problems caused by the aging infrastructure within the hospital. Newsday Associate Editor Joye Brown reports.

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