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Is Bloomberg Having Christine Quinn Buyer's Remorse?
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Garth Johnston
Published Jan 8, 2013
Modified Jan 8, 2013
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Published Jan 8, 2013
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For some time now Mayor Bloomberg has been throwing his weight around in the race to replace him. Though he feigns disinterest, according to the New York Times, "in private, he is said to relish the chance to help crown a successor who can extend and protect his legacy." Which is why Hizzoner's Super PAC is expected to be very important in the race, and why City Council Speaker Christine Quinn can not be happy with a story in today's Times about all the other people the billionaire from Boston has tried to court for the job.
Though it appears on the outside that Bloomberg still supports Quinn—his heir apparent without whom he would not have had a third term—it is no longer clear he supports her that much. Not when he's tried to court Hillary Clinton, former Democratic governor of Pennsylvania and mayor of Philadelphia Edward Rendell, and New York Senator Chuck Schumer to the gig. And the pressure for Bloomberg to find himself an appropriate successor has only grown in the past month as former MTA CEO Joe Lhota, the Rudy Giuliani pick, has tried to quickly lock up the Republican ticket—which apparently is freaking some people out.
How freaked are people with nine months to go before ballots are cast? So freaked we're back to talking about Ray Kelly for mayor:
In a sign of just how wide open the field has become, allies of the city’s popular police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, are again discussing the idea of his entering the race as a Republican, people told of the conversations said. Mr. Kelly’s allies hope that he could be persuaded by pledges of support from business, labor and civic leaders, a discussion that included Robert M. Morgenthau, the former Manhattan district attorney, among others.
At least Quinn has that secret deal with Kelly to fall back on, right?
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