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« Reply #700 on: October 31, 2013, 03:13:21 PM »
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Quote from: © Maybe Tweed, No One Else Worth It on October 31, 2013, 11:41:53 AM
Quote from: traininthedistance on October 31, 2013, 11:13:26 AM
Also, after some happy talk in the primaries, de Blasio is returning to form.

welcome to the Democratic party Smiley

Don't blame me, I voted for Albanese.

But, seriously, I was more or less expecting this.  And, also, I suspect that part of it is a knee-jerk desire to be anti-Bloomberg in everything.  Except, of course, that Bloomy's transportation policy is the progressive and leftist and pro-human position to take, and de Blasio is running to the reactionary right here, and any remotely intellectually honest left-winger should be willing to give him (that is, Bloomberg) credit on this one issue if nothing else.
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« Reply #701 on: November 01, 2013, 05:13:32 PM »
Will de Blasio move into the Gracie Mansion or will he pull a Jerry Brown and live in a modest apartment close to City Hall ?
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« Reply #702 on: November 03, 2013, 10:37:24 PM »
lol.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/11/01/bonus_quote_of_the_day.html
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« Reply #703 on: November 03, 2013, 10:53:16 PM »
Quote from: TX Conservative Dem on November 01, 2013, 05:13:32 PM
Will de Blasio move into the Gracie Mansion or will he pull a Jerry Brown and live in a modest apartment close to City Hall ?



He said he's going to live at Gracie Mansion.  But, if he wasn't planing on it, I assume he would just live at his current residence in Brooklyn.
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« Reply #704 on: November 04, 2013, 06:49:28 AM »
Last Marist/NBC poll:

65% Bill de Blasio (D)
24% Joe Lhota (R)
  4% Adolfo Carrion (I)
  1% Others
  6% Undecided

http://maristpoll.marist.edu/114-de-blasio-with-big-lead-over-lhota-going-into-election-day
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« Reply #705 on: November 04, 2013, 09:41:04 AM »
I was able to catch one of Joe Lhota's fear-mongering ads while watching football yesterday. I'm not huge on de Blasio but Lhota is clearly despicable.
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« Reply #706 on: November 04, 2013, 11:12:16 AM »
Ray Kelly was supposedly close to running - http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/ray-kelly-nyc-mayor-race-michael-bloomberg-99296.html?hp=f2
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« Reply #707 on: November 05, 2013, 07:03:28 AM »

Good lord...
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« Reply #708 on: November 05, 2013, 11:42:00 AM »


lol
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« Reply #709 on: November 05, 2013, 07:19:59 PM »

From my read on this the plan was Kelly to run as an independent. It's hard to see how that would've done much more than canibalize Lhota's support without making too big a ding in BDB's numbers. If he'd run as a Republican Castimadis would've stepped aside reportedly, and he'd surely have swept Lhota in the primary (if he even stayed in).

But that's as far as it would've gone. Kelly's a more popular figure than Lhota, but it's not like Lhota's terrible poll numbers stem from gross unlikability as opposed to DeBlasio's current tremendous popularity. More importantly, voters are utterly ready for a change from Bloomburg, even those who approve of Hizzoner. Kelly would've done better than Lhota, sure, but a 65% approval rating is easier to maintain when you're not actually running for office. As the campaign went on he'd still be tarred with being essentially another term for Bloomburg, and a defender of the unpopular stop and frisk policy. He'd carry the Island, and reduce DeBlasio's margin to a mere landslide rather than a Christiesque romp like it's going to be tonight, but that's about it.
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« Reply #710 on: November 05, 2013, 07:37:41 PM »
De Blasio is going to win by a way bigger margin than Christie tonight.
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« Reply #711 on: November 05, 2013, 07:39:44 PM »
Quote from: I'm Set Free on November 05, 2013, 07:37:41 PM
De Blasio is going to win by a way bigger margin than Christie tonight.

By several points I'd say. Hence the "esque" descriptor. Wink
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« Reply #712 on: November 05, 2013, 09:19:51 PM »
Quote from: Badger on November 05, 2013, 07:39:44 PM
Quote from: I'm Set Free on November 05, 2013, 07:37:41 PM
De Blasio is going to win by a way bigger margin than Christie tonight.

By several points I'd say. Hence the "esque" descriptor. Wink

By more than several points! Looks like they won't even be comparable. Tongue

And... you just may be right about de Blasio carrying the Island.
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« Reply #713 on: November 06, 2013, 11:30:18 AM »
lol
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« Reply #714 on: November 06, 2013, 12:14:57 PM »
This is one reason why I'm kind of okay with a De Blasio win: Bitter Bloomberg.
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« Reply #715 on: November 06, 2013, 12:20:37 PM »

If only someone could photoshop a 64 oz cup in front of Bloomberg, that picture will be perfect.
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« Reply #716 on: November 06, 2013, 02:04:54 PM »
Congratulations to de Blasio... I hope that his approach to the NYPD doesn't have the effect of allowing the city's crime rate to rise again, but otherwise good to have a Democratic mayor in the Big Apple.
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« Reply #717 on: November 06, 2013, 03:05:20 PM »
I'm reading that de Blasio is apparently a fan of Napoli! He's not all bad after all. Wink
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« Reply #718 on: November 06, 2013, 03:19:39 PM »
Do the NYC voters know that they just elected a Red Sox fan?
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« Reply #719 on: November 06, 2013, 04:55:17 PM »
Quote from: Paul Kemp on November 06, 2013, 03:19:39 PM
Do the NYC voters know that they just elected a Red Sox fan?

Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked

4 realz?
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« Reply #720 on: November 06, 2013, 04:57:13 PM »
Wonderful. Smiley
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« Reply #721 on: November 06, 2013, 04:59:30 PM »
Quote from: Paul Kemp on November 06, 2013, 03:19:39 PM
Do the NYC voters know that they just elected a Red Sox fan?

oh my god what.
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« Reply #722 on: November 06, 2013, 05:25:28 PM »
Too many pages to read so what happened to the pro-Hasid DA?
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« Reply #723 on: November 06, 2013, 05:47:26 PM »
Quote from: Puddle Splashers on November 06, 2013, 05:25:28 PM
Too many pages to read so what happened to the pro-Hasid DA?

Went down in flames by over a 2-1 margin.
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« Reply #724 on: November 06, 2013, 05:48:39 PM »
Quote from: Badger on November 06, 2013, 05:47:26 PM
Quote from: Puddle Splashers on November 06, 2013, 05:25:28 PM
Too many pages to read so what happened to the pro-Hasid DA?

Went down in flames by over a 2-1 margin.

I'd really like to see a map for that race. Anyone have a blank NYC precinct map (or just a Brooklyn precinct map would work)?
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