A Marist poll out tonight shows Fernando Ferrer's support plunging, with the Dem mayoral nominee now trailing Mike Bloomberg by a 59-32 margin. Ferrer's campaign has almost no money, and virtually no presence in Brooklyn, where he would need to be competitive to have any chance of an upset.

In a sign of desperation, a handful of Ferrer's council supporters today accused Bloomberg of deliberately inflating last week's subway threat--a line of attack dismissed by the Times in a just-released editorial.

It looks like Anthony Wiener knew what he was doing when he conceded rather than contesting the Democratic nomination.