NY Post: Morgenthau Won't Seek Re-Election!

The NY Post reports that Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, who has been the DA for the past 35 years, will not seek re-election this fall: "Morgenthau has begun privately calling top deputies into his office to deliver the news - which will instantly spark a crowded race for his coveted seat, several sources said... He's expected to make his intentions public in the next few weeks, the sources said, but hasn't yet settled on who he'd prefer to see as a successor." Morgenthau will be 90 years old this August. As recently as yesterday, Morgy told the Post he was still planning another go, though, "Of course that could change. But anything could change" (last year, he told the Daily News that he planned to run again, but added, "If I broke both my legs I might not run, but if I broke one, I would run").