New York City is one of the most Democrat cities in the country. For many decades, the city provided the margin of votes that pushed state elections into the Democrat column. The city council has fifty one members, but only four are Republicans. Strangely, however, the Democrats have lost five straight elections for mayor. The first two were won by Republican Rudy Giuliani and the last three were won by Republican and then Independent Michael Bloomberg. In any normal year, the odds would now be overwhelming that the Democrat would win the mayoralty in November, but this just does not seem to a normal year.
First of all, the Democrats have a selection of truly terrible candidates. Let's start with John Liu, the current city comproller. Liu's campaign treasurer was indicted by the US attorney for violations of the campaign finance laws, among other things. The indictment indicates that Liu himself was involved in the crimes, although he has not been indicted.
Next the Democrats have Anthony Weiner (aka Carlos Danger). Here is a guy who actually thought he could get away with sexting with a series of young women after claiming to be "cured" of his prior addiction. Even forgetting the tawdry nature of his conduct, Weiner must be delusional to think he could get away with this.
Then there is Christine Quinn, the current president of the City Council. She has taken ultra-left positions on a variety of subjects. For example, she wants to limit the policies of the New York City police department which have made New York the safest large city in America. (For what it is worth, the murder rate last year was less than 20% what it was twenty years ago when the Democrats were voted out of office.) Quinn also wants to make sweetheart deals with the municipal unions -- can you say bankruptcy like Detroit? There's more, but that is enough.
There are more candidates, but they all have the same policies as Quinn. Only their faces are different.
Strangely, there is a possibility that the Republicans could win the mayor's race this year. The likely GOP candidate is Joe Lhota who was the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority until recently. Lhota would be the candidate fighting to keep the streets safe and crime down. He would be the candidate fighting to keep the budget under control and taxes from rising. (Taxes in New York City are already extraordinarily high). He is far from a wonderful speaker, but then again, none of the crazies running as Democrats have any charisma either. At the moment, the odds are probably around 3 to 1 that the Democrat will win in November. Even so, those are surprisingly high numbers for a Republican in New York. It will be fun to watch what happens next.
First of all, the Democrats have a selection of truly terrible candidates. Let's start with John Liu, the current city comproller. Liu's campaign treasurer was indicted by the US attorney for violations of the campaign finance laws, among other things. The indictment indicates that Liu himself was involved in the crimes, although he has not been indicted.
Next the Democrats have Anthony Weiner (aka Carlos Danger). Here is a guy who actually thought he could get away with sexting with a series of young women after claiming to be "cured" of his prior addiction. Even forgetting the tawdry nature of his conduct, Weiner must be delusional to think he could get away with this.
Then there is Christine Quinn, the current president of the City Council. She has taken ultra-left positions on a variety of subjects. For example, she wants to limit the policies of the New York City police department which have made New York the safest large city in America. (For what it is worth, the murder rate last year was less than 20% what it was twenty years ago when the Democrats were voted out of office.) Quinn also wants to make sweetheart deals with the municipal unions -- can you say bankruptcy like Detroit? There's more, but that is enough.
There are more candidates, but they all have the same policies as Quinn. Only their faces are different.
Strangely, there is a possibility that the Republicans could win the mayor's race this year. The likely GOP candidate is Joe Lhota who was the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority until recently. Lhota would be the candidate fighting to keep the streets safe and crime down. He would be the candidate fighting to keep the budget under control and taxes from rising. (Taxes in New York City are already extraordinarily high). He is far from a wonderful speaker, but then again, none of the crazies running as Democrats have any charisma either. At the moment, the odds are probably around 3 to 1 that the Democrat will win in November. Even so, those are surprisingly high numbers for a Republican in New York. It will be fun to watch what happens next.
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