Don't count your di Blasio chickens yet.
On my short 2 minute walk to the polling booth I was listening to Brian Lehrer and a woman said she changed her mind about di Blasio because of the Wayne Barrett and Slate articles -- they bothered me too.
She was going to Thompson. I detect a late Thompson surge and some wearing away of diBlasio support and will make a rough guess that di Blasio numbers will drop to the mid thirties - say 35-6% and Thompson's will head toward the late 20's. A very competitive run-off I will bet at the power forces push Thompson. Where will Quinn's votes go for instance? Thompson, mostly.
My gut instincts that both Thompson and di Blasio will screw us but if I look at self interest alone -- a) A runoff between them would be lots of fun and b) Better Thompson, the UFT choice, screws us.
But I also feel that diBlasio's electoral constituency would hold him more accountable than Thompson's, so better to have Big Bill rather than little Bill.
However, in the booth I just had to give Sal Albanese a pop, especially since Kevin Boyle my editor at The Wave is so passionate about showing that there is a constituency for guys like him. Since Big Bill will be in the runoff we can go there next time. Or maybe not given how much fun it would be to watch Little Bill tilt to Tisch rather than to Mulgrew.
At any rate, yesterday I raised my problem in who to vote for for Queens Borough President and lo and behold there was dropout Tony Avella, my fave politician, still on the ballot. And so I wasted yet another vote.
But did vote for Scott Stringer who is clearly a hack but Patrick Sullivan influenced me there. Spitzer doesn't seem to be able to win but it would be fun to watch if he did.
Oh, and of course Leticia James who I feel has great potential as a populist politician.
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
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Stringer earned my vote the minute he appointed Sullivan to the PEP. He has been one of the ardent Bloomberg detractors on that panel going back to the recession. I would have rooted for Stringer for mayor had he gone through with it just for that one move.
ReplyDeleteKeep dreaming bro
ReplyDeleteI am an active NYC teacher.
Even after the UFT "invested" probably over 5 million dollars in dues, the clown has not given ANY affirmative indication that he will provide for retroactive raises or will in any way assist with the contract negotiations.