-
Sponsored Links
Follow Us!
Tag Archives: Bill Thompson
Weiner Ahead In 2013 (!) Fundraising
The Wall Street Journal ran a story today about the cash on hand for various mayoral contendors. Weiner has $3.9 million in campaign cash, and Quinn also healthy with $2.7 million war chest. “Five officials contemplating mayoral bids in 2013 have provided The Wall Street Journal with details of their disclosures:” Quinn, Weiner, Stringer, Thompson, and Liu. Bill de Blasio declined to particpate.
Stringer is the only mayoral contendor who raised much money in the past six months:… Read More
Tagged 2013 elections, anthony weiner, bill de blasio, Bill Thompson, christine quinn, John Liu, scott stringer
Leave a comment
Photo of the Week: Almost Is Not Enough
A lot happened on Tuesday. The Republican Party imploded in upstate NY and allowed Democrats to gain a House seat we hadn’t held since 1852. However, two Democratic legislatures have gone Republican and there were widespread losses sustained across the state by Democrats.
Here, in our own City, we elected a Democratic Comptroller and Public Advocate, and we came within a hair’s breadth of taking the mayoralty.
We almost won it.
But almost is not enough. Last year, most of… Read More
How To Blow $100M And Have It Backfire
Liz Benjamin reports:
With 90 percent of precincts reporting, Mayor Bloomberg is leading Bill Thompson by 494,367 to 461,129.
That’s 50.0 percent to 46.7 percent, which is not decisive. Not at all.
It’s more like a cliffhanger. And this after spending some $100 million of his own cash.
Maybe NYers are much harder to buy than you thought, eh, Mike?
Meanwhile, up in NY-23, Bill Owens (D) is doing well:
Thirty-one percent of precincts are reporting and he’s leading
Indecision 2009 – NYC Edition
That’s right. Everyone’s favorite nighttime infotainment segment finally picked up the NYC Mayoral election. Concise, and full of hilarity, the Daily Show delivers.
Hat tip, Jen Chung of the Gothamist.
Btw, if you’re looking for more infotainment on Sunday, check out this nugget form our newsletter:
Sunday November 1, 2009
Info-tainment Politics in the Millennial Generation
The Tank, 354 West 45th St (between 8th & 9th Ave)
Join MYD and other organizations for a night… Read More
Kornacki Kracks It
The award for best post-debate analysis goes to Steve Kornacki of the NY Observer for this article: “Bloomberg Beats a Dead Horse”
The irony is that Kornacki doesn’t analyze the debate at all, specifically. No guessing which hand gesture most affected turnout (Bloomie grabbing his lapels), or what response most sent shivers through people (Thompson’s grade of D- for Bloomberg’s term as mayor). Instead, Kornacki chooses to dissect the dialogue of the campaigns, compare the reality of the ’09… Read More
Tagged 2009 Mayoral Race, Bill Thompson, mike bloomberg, NY Observer, Steve Kornacki
Leave a comment
