City & State: This Week's Political Winners & Losers

Forget the Catskills. The hottest place to head for the summer's end is the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., rain be damned. And it must have been a convenient escape for New York's Democrats this week, as the damage from Vito Lopez's harassment scandal spread to some of the state's top officials. Amid the lofty speeches and the tabloid cartoons, there were some winners, and their unlucky counterparts, the losers: To read the full article at City & State [click here. ](http://www.cityandstateny.com/winners-and-losers-sept-7-2012/)