Anthony Weiner announced his campaign for mayor early this morning with — what else? — a leak.
Shortly after midnight, the disgraced ex-congressman’s campaign accidentally posted online a 2-minute, 16-second video in which he throws his hat into the ring, lays out his platform — and even acknowledges the scandal that ended his days in DC.
“Look, I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of people down. But I’ve also learned some tough lessons,” he says in the video. “I hope I get a second chance to work for you.”
The clip ends with Weiner on a stoop sitting next to his wife, former Hilary Rodham Clinton aide Huma Abedin, saying, “I will fight for you every single day.”
The stoop scene was shot May 16, according to pictures of the set taken by The Post.
The video — which came out just a few days short of the second anniversary of the day Weiner tweeted a sext of his bulging undies — ends with a logo: “Anthony Weiner for Mayor.”
Sources told The Post that the oddly timed video was legitimate, but that campaign staffers intended for the announcement to come out later today.
The video was posted on a campaign Web site and was then taken down, and then put back up. It also could be seen on YouTube.
Okay, lots of stuff here.
First, Weiner had to announce by video because he was afraid a Howard Stern staffer or some other heckler might interrupt his announcement if it was live with a question about his penis.
Next, he screws up the release by sending it out to early, then pulling it back - thus reminding people of the Twitter photo of his penis he accidentally sent to all of his followers.
Then he announces just a few days short of the anniversary of the infamous Twitter photo.
Not an auspicious start to the campaign.
A Quinnipiac poll out today shows him in second place with 15%, but very high negatives.
49% of NYer's do not want him to run for mayor, up from 44% in April.
Well, he's running, and he's in second place for now, but so far things are not going so well for him and since he hasn't been able to hire any first string campaign talent and more and more people are saying he shouldn't run, you'd have to say the odds are against him.
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