This one’s finally almost over, thank God. How many more months could we take of national media based in New York ferociously tweeting about transit policy? It’s almost as bad as national media based in Washington tweeting about the rain. Next Thursday, New York state voters will determine whether they want to give Gov. Andrew Cuomo a third term or deport Cynthia Nixon to Albany instead. The scant public polling this summer showed Cuomo well clear of Nixon. Either that polling is wrong or Cuomo just enjoys lighting money on fire, because his campaign has spent more than $8 million in the last three weeks. The New York Times endorsed Cuomo this week, arguing that he may have been sort of corrupt and lousy these last two terms, but the third term? The third term’s going to be different. As for his competitor: Nixon’s campaign, the Times wrote, “has, at times, boiled down to a largely negative message — that she is not Andrew Cuomo — and while that can indeed seem an appealing truth, it is not, in the end, enough.” That even a Cuomo endorsement admits it’s been fun to watch Cuomo get attacked is a good example of why this race, while probably not close, is still grabbing a top Hot Seats spot.