Four More Years
Mayor Michael Bloomberg now has the time and the mandate to create a legacy of LaGuardia-like proportions. His reelection after a catastrophic economic collapse on Wall Street, leading to the loss of...
View ArticleSeabrook, Very Live
Norman Seabrook sums up the anger among Bill Thompson supporters about non-supporters, saying on live television that people purporting to be "supporters of righteousness, strong supporters of change,...
View ArticleStaten Island Room
Michael Bloomberg has said he removed politics from government. Not so easy to do, though. From the New York Times: In the days after the mayor had emerged, victorious, but badly bruised, from his...
View ArticleDinkins Wanted More From Obama
Bill Thompson supporters continue firing shots at those they say could have and should have done more to help out. The latest is from David Dinkins. From The Post: “The president should’ve done more....
View ArticleUnreleased Marist Poll Showed Thompson Closing in on Bloomberg
A Marist poll completed the day before the election but never made public showed “a continuation of the trend we saw in the previous week” with “Democrats and African-Americans coming home,” said...
View ArticleWeiner Returns to City Hall
Anthony Weiner could have held his press conference about federal health care legislation anywhere he wanted on Sunday. He held it in front of City Hall. There's been no shortage of finger-pointing...
View ArticleWhat Was in That Anthony Weiner Poll?
Anthony Weiner’s comments about how he really could have beaten Michael Bloomberg have caused a little stir this morning. Aside from how it must look from Bill Thompson's perspective, it's also gotten...
View ArticleWolfson Explains Bloomberg’s Spending Again
Michael Bloomberg released his campaign finance numbers this past Friday, at which they disappeared into a post-Thanksgiving news black hole. But the campaign did make Howard Wolfson available to...
View ArticleThompson’s Campaign Bill: $9,003,711
$9,003,711 is the amount Bill Thompson spent on his campaign, which came within a few percentage points of beating Michael Bloomberg's $102 million re-election campaign. That's according to the latest...
View ArticleThompson and Bloomberg Meet
Michael Bloomberg and Bill Thompson had breakfast together at Gracie Mansion, according to Bloomberg's spokesman. A spokesman for Thompson, Jeff Simmons, said, "It was a cordial breakfast. They...
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