The Only Thing In Law Enforcement That Should Be Pushing 90 Is A Dodge Charger*

OK, last time was pushing it but this really would be going too far:

Yes, he is 87 years old. And yes, he is not up for re-election for another three years. But Robert M. Morgenthau, who has been the Manhattan district attorney pretty much since the dawn of time, is gearing up for 2009.

Next Monday, his campaign committee is holding a fund-raising cocktail party, with tickets at $150 to $1,000, and it expects about 75 guests, said Julie S. Nadel, who was a coordinator for Mr. Morgenthau in the Democratic primary last year.

The invitation notes that the party will occur on National Boss Day, a nod to the fact that Mr. Morgenthau has been known as “the Boss” to hundreds of lawyers who have worked for him in the past 45 years: he had been United States attorney in Manhattan before becoming district attorney.

Mr. Morgenthau has not publicly announced whether he intends to run again at age 90, and he did not respond to a request for comment left with his office.

*Leslie Crocker Snyder has our permission to use this slogan on her ’09 campaign bumper stickers. (And in case you forgot about Dodge Chargers.)