NYC'13: Congrats to Mayor de Blasio

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Can someone rank DiBlasio, Weiner, Thompson, and Quinn on a spectrum from most liberal to most centrist/moderate? Feel free to include Liu if you know enough about his ideology to do so.

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What does anyone see in Christine Quinn?

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So basically, what you're saying is...











































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I'm confused. Was de Blasio the guy he worked for?

No, I was dicking around. His whole silly little essay was blasting De Blasio, hence my sarcastic response.

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Cuomo had some harsh words for Bloomberg and lauded De Blasio and his family.

It'd be nice if Cuomo was backing the progressive candidate, even if they do have roots back in HUD together.

Why would he do that?  Cuomo probably wants Lhota to win.

If Cuomo endorses/puts actual effort into electing De Blasio, I'd gain a lot of respect for him, and he's easily one of my least favorite prominent Democrats.

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So de Blasio should be forced into a runoff (good). Stringer better edge out Spitzer though.

Why is that good? It's just extra taxpayer money for an election that he will win anyway and by a larger margin.

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What do you all think are the odds that Bill de Blasio becomes the next Mayor of New York City? Is it 90% yet?

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My prediction:

41% De Blasio
24% Thompson
18% Quinn
17% Nobodies

51% Spitzer
49% Stringer

This is pretty much what I was thinking too.

Yeah this looks right to me

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Guys, Bill de Blasio is the Democratic nominee. I know you Pubs and right-wing Democrats have a hard time grappling with that, but it's what happened, so stop theorizing about these bizarre scenarios in which de Blasio ends up at 39.99% and Bill Thompson miraculously swoops in and wins the runoff, sparing the city from a stoopid librul and fostering a victory for apologetic liberalism. You guys are literally the only 8 people in the country espousing these Waiting-for-Godot-esque theories, so just stop, go take a bike ride or go skydiving or something.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/09/13/bloomberg-nyc-mayor-candidate/2809225/

From here on out Bloomberg will remain Neutral...

Let's see what happens when DeBlasio clinches the Dems nomination... will he change his tune?

Isn't Lhota on the record calling Bloomberg an "idiot"? I think he'll probably check out of this thing now (although I imagine most of his people will jump on the doomed Lhota train).

Yes, it's the one good thing Joe Lohta has said in this campaign (and perhaps in his adult life).

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Guys, Bill de Blasio is the Democratic nominee. I know you Pubs and right-wing Democrats have a hard time grappling with that, but it's what happened, so stop theorizing about these bizarre scenarios in which de Blasio ends up at 39.99% and Bill Thompson miraculously swoops in and wins the runoff, sparing the city from a stoopid librul and fostering a victory for apologetic liberalism. You guys are literally the only 8 people in the country espousing these Waiting-for-Godot-esque theories, so just stop, go take a bike ride or go skydiving or something.

I think it's pretty clear that De Blasio is a near lock to be the next mayor.  We can start retooling the mayor's office for a 6'5" liberal, lowering the office chair and replacing the bottled water with soda. 

How much taller than Michael Bloomberg is Bill De Blasio?  1 foot?

9 Inches. Bloomberg is 5'8; de Blasio is 6'5.

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Lhota has a far better chance against De Blasio than Thompson.

Sure, in the same sense that you have a better chance of being run over by a car than of winning the lottery.

Exactly. I have a far better chance of playing third base for the Mets than I do of meeting God.

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In all seriousness, what borough is Lhota going to be able to carry against de Blasio other than Staten Island (which he lost badly in his own primary btw)?

That's it.

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Seriously contemplating moving to NYC

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/cuomo-criticizes-de-blasio-tax-plan-wealthy-article-1.1486929

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Yeah, I'm kind of confused why New York continues to elect Republican governors.

I fInksing hate Andrew Cuomo

Even Manchin wouldn't have stabbed NY State Senate Democrats in the back the way Cuomo did.

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/cuomo-criticizes-de-blasio-tax-plan-wealthy-article-1.1486929

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I fInksing hate Andrew Cuomo

I'd primary him the first chance I got. He's a DINO in every sense of the word and is one of the two 2016 candidates that'd make me jump to Christie.

Out of curiosity, who's the other one?

FWIW Cuomo vs. Christie is the only 2016 matchup I can think of where I would not automatically vote D, though I'd probably go Green in that case.  Cuomo is awful.

Klobuchar. She's up for sale to the highest bidder as far as I'm concerned. If the ticket has both of them in it, I definitely go for Christie.

Cuomo and Klobuchar SUCK!