In recent days, petitions have made their way around the city calling for extending the mayor's term -- not that of the council members and other public servants barred from serving under the law -- and at least one large corporation has taken out newspaper advertisements urging the Council and the Legislature to get on board.
UPDATE: 2 12 p.m. -- Democrats stood by their vision Friday, with Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid again calling for extending the Bush cuts for income under $250,000.
In fact, as a compromise on the estate tax, Obama has been calling for extending the 2009 levels in his annual budget requests.
For instance, the leader of the New Democracy party, Antonis Samaras, has also called for extended unemployment benefits and a reversal of the reduction in the minimum wage.
My own piece, "My Economic Plan," was fairly typical: I called for extended unemployment benefits, temporary aid to state and local governments, and rebates for low- and middle-income workers.
Mr. Pataki called for extending the tax in his budget.
The president's budget called for extending the current rules.
The Republican platform calls for extending the Bush-era tax cuts.
The commission has since dismissed victims' calls for extending its work.
Democratic Senate hopefuls in Indiana, Kentucky and Missouri, for example, have called for extending the Bush tax cuts across the board.
Several bills in Congress call for extending the law, which is set to expire at the end of the year.
