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Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News: Michael Bloomberg's race unexpectedly close
Swampland: Bloomberg in a Squeaker
The Corner on National Review Online: Dems on Edge -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
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Politico on Obama's fellow freedom-hater Bloomberg's "stunningly narrow re-election" http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29113.html 11/5/2009 |
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The White House really said Weiner should have "manned up" and run for mayor? Wow http://bit.ly/1RXfZa 11/4/2009 |
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Very good article. RT @salgentile @benpolitico: Bloomberg race as missed opportunity for Dems http://is.gd/4MSCp 11/4/2009 |
Michael Bloomberg's race unexpectedly close
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... close 49 percent for Bloomberg to 48 percent for Thompson, with 58 percent of precincts reporting. NBC News called the race for Bloomberg but shortly thereafter took back its call. The New York Times was still reporting Bloomberg Projected to Win 3rd Term on its website at 10:15 p.m. Bloomberg, an independent who also ran on the Republican line, spent more than $85 million of his personal fortune to win re-election, dwarfing the sum spent by Thompson, a Democrat. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29113.html How is this possible? Bloomberg spent $85 ...
Bloomberg in a Squeaker
Swampland —
... spent more than $85 million of his personal fortune on the race – dwarfing the amount Thompson raised – the most cash dispensed for a self-financed campaign ever. This brings the total amount he's spent for three terms to a quarter of a billion dollars – a drop in the bucket for Bloomberg who is estimated to be worth more than $16 billion. (Full, disclosure, I worked for Bloomberg News for four years, though at the time – as it still is – the company was held in a blind trust). The race was so close in New York that NBC News, after calling the race for Bloomberg, had to ...
Dems on Edge -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
The Corner on National Review Online —
From Ben Smith on Mike Bloomberg's "scare":
Bloomberg’s meager five-point win left Democrats pondering what might have been if New York’s Democratic donors hadn’t turned their back on Thompson, if its politicians had worked for him, and most of all if President Barack Obama had offered anything more than the lamest words of praise.
“Maybe one of those Corzine trips could have been better spent in New York. Who knows?" remarked New York Rep. Anthony Weiner, who weighed his own run for mayor, referring to the White House’s devout attention to the New ...
The Note's Must-Reads for Wednesday, November 4, 2009
The Note —
... Anton Troianovski: “Democrat Wins New York House Race” LINK
The Wall Street Journal’s Valerie Bauerlein and Chris Herring: “Bloomberg Wins Re-Election in New York City” LINK
The Associated Press' Valerie Bauman: "Democrat wins House seat in heavily GOP area in NY" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Richard Fausset and Kate Linthicum: “New York reelects Bloomberg as mayor" LINK
Politico’s Michael Falcone: “Michael Bloomberg’s race unexpectedly close” LINK
The Hill's Aaron Blake: “Democrat’s win in N.Y. plays spoiler for GOP” LINK ...
What Happened Last Night? Short Answer: Mixed Bag
DownWithTyranny! —
... and Bloomberg's near loss in NYC (after dumping $100 million of his own money into the race against someone who no one has ever heard of). The biggest losers were Palin and Beck-- and the GOP has so much egg on its face that it'll never figure out how to clean itself off. Does this mean Marco Rubio should throw in the tea-towel down in Florida? ...
Bloomberg and Obama
Matthew Yglesias —
... Among political operatives there’s a lot of talk about the idea that in the wake of Michael Bloomberg’s surprisingly narrow re-election the White House blew an opportunity to intervene in the race on behalf of Democratic City Comptroller Bill Thompson and pick up a win. Ben Smith writes that the outcome is “a profound embarrassment for a Democratic establishment – from the White House on down — that abandoned his rival, City Comptroller Bill Thompson, as a hopeless loser.” ...
Dems miss an opportunity in New York City
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... had a very bad Election Night, but they almost had one bright spot in the Big Apple. Contrary to all expectations, Michael Bloomberg had the fight of his life in attempting to win a third term as mayor of New York City, beating the Democratic challenger David Thompson by only five points instead of the blowout everyone expected. The same President who practically pitched a tent in New Jersey for big loser Jon Corzine couldn’t be bothered to cross the river once for Thompson — and the recriminations have already begun (via ...
White House rises to the level of junior high in wake of NYC elections.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... So Rep. Anthony Weiner of NY - who is understandably upset that the Democrats were not able to take advantage of Mayor Bloomberg’s revealed weakness in yesterday’s election - made a somewhat passive-aggressive suggestion that the administration spent too much time on Jon Corzine and pretty much no time at all on Bill Thompson. Such things are inevitable in the aftermath of a lost election, particularly when it’s actually the aftermath of lost elections. The double hammer-blow of losing both Virginia and New Jersey’s governors’ seats is going to ...
Local Elections and National Politics
Liberal Values —
... With Obama’s campaign visits to New Jersey not being of any value, I’ve seen suggestions that he might have better used his time going to New York to help the Democratic candidate beat Michael Bloomberg. A visit by Obama might have made a difference considering that Bloomberg won by a closer margin than expected, primarily due to many voters objecting to the manner by which he repealed term limits in order to run. While it might be true that Obama’s intervention could have led to the defeat of Bloomberg, I question if Obama had any interest in doing so. ...
It might be possible to be more hopeful about the Obama administration if the cancer on this presidency were removed
DownWithTyranny! —
... most interesting post-mortem to the mayoral race is the tart response from an unnamed White House slasher to the post-election speculation of New York Rep. Anthony Weiner, himself a candidate for the Democratic mayoral nomination until he was blown out by the Bloomberg Billions, as to what might have happened if the Democratic mayoral candidate had gotten a tiny bit of support from traditional Democratic bases, like the Democratic president. I think it's worth quoting a bit of Ben Smith's Politico account: ...
