Naked ambition

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.