it may turn out that pat lynch hasn t recognized how much the city and his own membership has changed but they want to be praised and rewarded not revi d reviled. is lynch s inflammatory comments persuades more rank-and-file that the president has their backs or whether lynch s belie gear reynolds alienates the cops and the public. joe? chris, last week you were just writing an article about bill de blasio s battles with the governor of new york, andrew cuomo. now, of course it s a battle with the rank-and-file of cops. extraordinary moment when they turn their backs on him. this guy has had a bit of a rough ride with some warring factions. it s a tough city no matter who the mayor is. right now he seems more embattled than most. true. i know you know this. we talk about the cops. 35,000 men and women, not