It seems in tough times, when no one thinks the folks now in the Senate aren't doing a great job, incumbents are having trouble raising campaign cash.

"They are relentless in their calling lobbyists this year, mainly the Democrats in the Senate, and it's unbelievable," a prominent lobbyist with strong Democratic ties told The Post yesterday.

"None of us has ever seen anything like it." A lobbyist with strong GOP connections said legislators "are all crazed because they're scared of running this year and not having the funds they think they need to do it."

Gee. I wonder why. And if they are re-elected, who will be their masters? It won't be the people, that's for sure...unless we raise some money ourselves and take out a good number of them.