NYC'13: Congrats to Mayor de Blasio

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Good lord, Quinn would just be awful. I'd rather the guy who posts pictures of his cock on the internet win.

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Anybody but Quinn.

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De Blasio is the best by a country mile.

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Did anyone really think Weiner had stopped doing it? The only question was if he could hide it better. I guess not.

This could be de Blasio's moment. (A man can dream.)

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This is easily the most entertaining race of the year.

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Yes, this will be special in all senses of the word.

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

Extremely interested.

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Let's hope De Blasio can pull this off.

He just needs to pull ahead of Quinn now to get to the runoff since Thompson will win black voters handily at the end of the day (which probably guarantees him a spot).

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/30/sydney-leathers-anthony-weiner_n_3677467.html

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Part of me wants Weiner to make it to the runoff just so I can keep watching the Clintons sweat.

A Weiner-de Blasio runoff would be great.

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De Blasio will probably come in (a distant) second among blacks with Weiner in third.

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Not to mention de Blasio has basically put his his black wife and black children in every single advertisement for his candidacy.

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Not a big deal but kind of amusing:

http://politicker.com/2013/07/angry-hand-gesture-photo-bombs-a-bill-thompson-mailer/

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This changes everything

That's the best little article I've read in a while.

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Who's the best non-Quinn candidate in this race?

Bill de Blasio. Quite easily.

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We need a new poll.

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We need a new poll.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_mayoral_election,_2013#Polling_2

As in we need a poll that's newer than any of those.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUgElgM9brg#at=29

I have lost so much respect for this guy.

Actually, the other person seems like more of an asshole than Weiner does in this one particular case.

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It's weird how nobody seems to be gaining much from the Weiner implosion.

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God, four years of Thompson being mayor is going to be so boring.

Unfortunately, Quinn will probably outspend him by some ungodly amount in the runoff and win by like two points.

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More headaches for Hillary? Go Anthony!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/anthony-weiner-huma-abedin-hillary-2016_n_3746315.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037

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Wow, this is pretty exciting! The most competent (and most liberal) candidate takes the lead!

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.

My unscientific guesstimate:

1. de Blasio (He's reasonably far-left by mainstream American standards on most of the issues as far as I can tell; I especially like his animal rights positions.)

2. Liu (He's been a fierce critic of Bloomberg, don't know as much about him as the others though.)

3. Weiner (He used to be pretty liberal but does he still have political positions? He's always talking about or arguing over sexting/penis pictures when I see him now.)

4. Thompson (He's about as liberal as Weiner I guess. You could probably even flip them, whatever.)

5. Quinn (She's essentially a Bloomberg crony. She's a corporate Democrat and easily the worst of the bunch.)

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I'd still take Liu over Quinn any day.

So did any of you guys watch the debate? I haven't yet, here's a link to it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YELrE7BgkRk

Reactions/Analysis:

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/deblasio-nyc-debate-clear-winner-weiner-article-1.1426186

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/08/13/nyc-mayoral-debate-gets-ugly-between-weiner-quinn/

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/democrats-nyc-mayors-race-hold-key-debate-19943483

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/nyc-mayor-debate-anthony-weiner-95509.html

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/08/mayor-debate-weiner-quinn-de-blasio-new-york.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/14/nyregion/debating-live-on-tv-for-the-first-time-mayoral-rivals-take-aim-at-quinn.html

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Do you guys think de Blasio can beat Thompson in the runoff?

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So Stringer seems dead in the water now, huh? The blacks love Spitzer.

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Quinn is such an awful person.