joining us, "the new york post" great fred dicker and new york one's dominic fred carter. and politics in new york since al smith was governor, i think. >> your hero, mike. >> that's exactly right. my basic question to you is how crazy is this stuff? >> you know, the last three years here in new york, mike, have been extraordinary. so is it equal to say eliot spitzer announcing that the sheriff of wall street is also a patronizer of prostitutes? i'm not sure it's at that level. but this is extraordinary. but in my three decades at the capital, i'm have not seen anything like it. we have a governor being widely described as being in the political death throes. and it does look that way. >> being widely describe in the political death throes is one thing but what about his balance, just his equilibrium in terms -- his mental equilibrium in dealing with this stuff. >> well, yesterday he looked like he was melting down in front of the public. it was like a statewide therapy session as he declared he never wanted this job. well, if he didn't want the job, why are you saying now