How will Bloomberg's picks do in 2010?

[Lunar]

So far, I think we have:

Senate:

Mike Castle
Joe Sestak
Mark Kirk
Harry Reid
Bennet

New York:

Dan Donovan
Harry Wilson
Mike McMahon
Charlie Rangel

Governor:

Meg Whitman
Linc Chafee
Tom Barrett
Hickenlooper
Martin O’Malley


others?

edit:  oh, yes, Adrian Fenty too

[Sam Spade]

Let's see...

Senate:

Mike Castle (lost)
Joe Sestak (behind)
Mark Kirk (toss-up)
Harry Reid (toss-up)
Bennet (toss-up)

New York:

Dan Donovan (idk, but against Schneiderman...)
Harry Wilson (I have to think he has some type of shot, but probably less than if he had aligned himself with others)
Mike McMahon (McMahon has not exactly been running a stellar campaign - lean D)
Charlie Rangel (won)

Governor:

Meg Whitman (toss-up)
Linc Chafee (Chafee will lose - watch)
Tom Barrett (bad year to be a Dem in upper Midwest)
Hickenlooper (won)
Martin O’Malley (tough fight, but should have the edge)


others?

edit:  oh, yes, Adrian Fenty too (lost)

[Lunar]

Well, you can't accuse him of picking strongly favored candidates outside of Hickenlooper and I think he endorsed him pre-fratricide efforts in the CO GOP.  

His endorsements seem to generally fit two or more of certain target categories: mayors, moderate heroes, millionaire self-funders, people who have worked with him against illegal guns, etc.  He's of course ignoring the South, where no one wants his endorsement except Charlie Crist, whom I guess Mike isn't endorsing because Crist vetoed that education reform package.

Has he endorsed in other New England states?  I feel like Baker, Lynch, Dubie, Ayotte, and Foley all fit some of the Mayor's MO

[Sam Spade]

Well, when Bloomberg endorses a candidate, for me it signals that I should probably at least think about supporting the opposing candidate, so there...

[Lunar]

I guess he endorsed Pete King too, even though King's bombastic rhetoric doesn't seem to fit Bloomberg's MO for endorsements.  Hard not to see Bloomberg endorsing Cuomo too I guess.

some more endorsements from Mayor Mike, with my own breakdown along Sam's lines:

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/09/mayor-bloomberg-plays-hard-to.html

Sen. Craig Johnson, Democrat for re-election (tossup)
Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, Democrat for state senate (won)
Assemblyman Jonathan Bing, Democrat for re-election (won)
Guillermo Linares, Democrat for Assembly (won)

[Eraserhead]

So we have the Mayor of New York publicly endorsing candidates in federal races in places like friggin' Colorado? I know why he's doing it but it's still kind of offensive and ridiculous on its face.

Also, I agree with Sam, Chafee will lose. I wouldn't be shocked if he came in third.

[Capitan Zapp Brannigan]

He's about to endorse Cuomo, which was pretty obviously going to happen but w/e:
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/09/mike-and-andy-stay-tuned.html

[Eraserhead]

He's about to endorse Cuomo, which was pretty obviously going to happen but w/e:
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/09/mike-and-andy-stay-tuned.html

The really interesting thing was at the end of the last paragraph. I guess the Quinnipiac poll tomorrow is going to show the race tightening somewhat, not unlike the most recent Rasmussen poll.