Livin' in the seventies

Um, wha?

Though both the Bush administration and the Iraq war remain deeply unpopular among New Yorkers, those elected officials and party activists gathered at the dinner seemed grateful for Mr. Cheney’s presence.

“It’s the vice president of the United States,” said Dean G. Skelos, a senior Republican state senator from Long Island. “I’m sure Jimmy Carter will be at many Democrat fund-raisers.”

All aboard the cluetrain.