NYC'13: Congrats to Mayor de Blasio

[© tweed]

anyone but Ray Kelly

[© tweed]

I'm just shocked Bloomberg didn't pay again to get the law amended so he could become king of New York.

he wouldn't win, he almost lost last time (though granted those last few points have a lot of friction to them)

[© tweed]

odds to win from a Sportsbook:


Christine Quinn 3/2
Anthony Weiner 3/1
William Thompson 6/1
Bill de Blasio 8/1
Joseph Lhota 10/1
others longer...

http://sports.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/politics/us-politics/2013-new-york-city-mayoral-election-e216572240

[© tweed]

I'll likely be doing the same sort of demographic analysis-thing as I did last time round, if anyone's interested.

unfortunately NY Jew will not.

[© tweed]

Why is he still in this? Is he just begging to be publicly tortured?

Well he might actually get off on being tortured, so  

alright let's chill.  the guy likes to sext.  doesn't mean he's anything but vanilla sexually.

[© tweed]

de Blasio was the one white candidate not too pussy to come out against Ray Kelly / stop and frisk.

[© tweed]

could Thompson beat de Blasio in a runoff?

[© tweed]

Yes - but given his recent statements that every vote should be counted, he's not going to.  There is precedence for conceding.  Anthony Weiner conceded the 2005 mayor's race to Fernando Ferrer when it wasn't clear if there would be a runoff.

Weiner was facing an uphill at best general election if he did somehow win and protecting his future, knowing he'd run for mayor again and that he'd have just as good if not much better shot at winning.  Thompson is in no such position.

[© tweed]

Quinnipiac also dropped a poll today, echoing the NBC/WSJ poll, putting de Blasio up 66-25%.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/new-york-city/release-detail?ReleaseID=1955

[© tweed]

also from that poll, a perfect down-the-line class gap in Bloomberg's approvals.

[© tweed]

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2013/09/8534060/right-thing-do-de-blasio-explains-his-nicaragua-work

De Blasio refuses to apologize for his support of the good guys in Nicaragua. What a hero. Lhota and the right-wing media is looking increasingly desperate and out of touch with these attacks.

Now, now. Calling Sandinistas "good guys" is not at all smart or appropriate. That their opponents weren't, mostly, altar boys themselves, is, of course, true. But it was (and, actually, is : ) ) a pretty nasty regime.

having the USA pelt you with bombs for years on end and fund death squads unsurprisingly brings out the worst in people.

[© tweed]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/10/16/lhota_tries_to_scare_new_yorkers.html

Lhota's getting desperate. "Vote for me, or the violent blacks will get you!"

one of the last images doesn't even depict any violence.



just an old white lady waiting to be pounced on by an eerie black man in the background, serenaded by graffiti

[© tweed]

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

You must be logged in to read this quote.

I fInksing hate Andrew Cuomo

yeah that's one of the worst quotes I've heard from a blue-state Democrat this decade.

[© tweed]

Also, after some happy talk in the primaries, de Blasio is returning to form.

welcome to the Democratic party