Mid-Morning Read: Clinton, Imbarrato, Mondello

"This was not me," Republican State Chairman Joe Mondello said of his party's poor showing during the elections. He plans to finish his term, which expires in September.

Alan Chartock says Hillary Clinton may be great at her new job, or she may be "the ultimate headache for Obama."

Southern Tier officials are mixed on Clinton's Senate record and urge an upstate appointment.

Fred Dicker thinks David Paterson doesn't want a Republican State Senate led by "anyone but Dean."

Incoming Attorney General Eric Holder graduated 363 out of 721 boys in his high school class.

Potomac Flack briefly wonders where Blake Zeff will land.

Officials from Northern Ireland will meet Michael Bloomberg and Bill Thompson.

Newsday likes Thompson's idea of raising revenue by taxing heavy vehicles.

Courtney Gross looks at the city's budget gaps.

R.I.P. Anthony Imbarrato.

Critics of Andrew Spano's budget plan, which includes retroactive raises for unionized county employees, should be prepared at the upcoming budget hearings.

Poughkeepsie's Common Council approved a plan to raise residential taxes by 3.9 percent.

Assemblyman Bob Reilly is not moving on mixed martial arts.

Budget pressure could end skating near the Capitol in Albany.

While overall traffic is down, commercial traffic is up on the Erie Canal.

The Elmira Star-Gazette says SUNY was right to hike tuition.

Votes in two Ulster County races are still being counted.

David Carr says the media is also partly to blame for the death of a Wal-Mart employee crushed by a crowd of shoppers last week.

For some reason, welfare rolls jump every October in New York City.

Norman Siegel is working out.

And just as a reminder of how much things have changed, here's a video of Hillary Clinton waving negative mailers the Obama campaign was sending out.