Third Term Meltdown Watch: Overwrought Historical Comparisons

We’ll know it’s all over when the mayor starts invoking 1930s Germany, but calling a charter school bill an “insult” to MLK, Jr. on MLK, Jr. Day is getting there:

Mayor Bloomberg Monday called a charter school bill an “insult” to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy.

The bill, which was crafted by the state Legislature’s Democratic leadership, would allow the number of charter schools in the state to double to 400.

But the mayor slammed it for making the creation of new charters too cumbersome.