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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com June 11, 2011 03:25:00 PM ET
Weiner Woes Boost Quinn Mayoral Bid
By Julie Bolcer
The likely removal of embattled congressman Anthony Weiner from the race for
New York City mayor in 2013 would seem to boost the prospects for New York
City Council speaker Christine Quinn, who would be the first woman and
openly gay person to lead the nation’s largest city.
The Associated Press reports on the fallout for Weiner, once a presumed
mayoral frontrunner, from the sexting scandal in which he denied, then
admitted, sending explicit communications to six women online. He also said
he exchanged messages with a 17-year-old girl, although he claims the
content was not inappropriate. While a recent poll showed that a majority of
voters in his district encompassing Brooklyn and Queens want the
congressman to stay in office and not resign, another survey shows that more
than half believe Weiner should not enter the race for mayor in 2013.
A Weiner withdrawal would leave at least five other Democratic contenders
vying to attract his following of middle-class residents from the
outboroughs and wealthier Manhattanites who praise the congressman’s
unabashedly liberal stances. Although no one holds lock on the nomination at
this early date, Quinn leads the pack in fund-raising, where as of January
she had amassed $3.2 million compared to $5.1 million for Weiner, giving her
a significant edge over her next-closest rival, Manhattan Borough President
Scott Stringer, who had raised $1.1 million.
“By that standard, Quinn is now the frontrunner,” reports the AP. “The
historic nature of her as-yet-undeclared campaign — if elected, she would
be the first openly gay and the first female mayor — could further help her
as she raises more. Roughly one-third of her campaign donations have come
from outside of the city.”
On the other hand, her close working relationship with Mayor Michael
Bloomberg could provide ammunition for rivals in a Democratic primary. The
competition is expected to include former City Comptroller Bill Thompson,
who came within 50,000 votes of upsetting the mayor’s controversial bid for
a third term in 2009.
“Still, Quinn is faced with walking a tricky line,” the AP continued. “
Political insiders say she must retain the mayor's support — the two often
appear together at events, and Bloomberg praises her work — yet distance
herself from the Republican-turned-Democrat-turned-independent as he
weathers what several analysts have termed third-term fatigue among
dissatisfied voters.”
In addition to the five Democrats with experience in elected city offices,
other names sometimes discussed for 2013 include former New York governor
Eliot Spitzer, who resigned after a prostitution scandal in 2009, and actor
Alec Baldwin. Whoever emerges as the Democratic nominee would seek to defy
recent history, where the past two mayors, Giuliani and Bloomberg, were
elected as Republicans, despite a 5 to 1 Democratic registration advantage
among city voters. | m******1
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