Political observers widely view Mr. Spitzer’s bid as a threat to Mr. Weiner’s. The former congressman has striven every day to rebrand himself from serial sexter to serious statesman, and Mr. Spitzer’s presence reminds voters of everything Mr. Weiner wants them to forget.
Mr. Spitzer’s candidacy “will increase the scandal stories—we’ve already seen it. Now people will be thinking, ‘We’ve got to have an all-perv ticket?’” said veteran Democratic consultant Jerry Skurnik. “I think it increases chances of both of them being considered laughingstocks and not serious candidates.”
“Oh, it hurts,” Hunter College Professor Kenneth Sherrill concurred. “I think that, while one candidate in difficulty of this sort can save himself, there’s a good chance two pull one another down.”
At his Monday press conference, when Politicker asked Mr. Weiner how he thought the media’s obsession with Mr. Spitzer would affect him, he was expectedly blasé.
“Clearly, it’s shifted away,” Mr. Weiner said sarcastically, gesturing to the reporters huddled around him, prompting laughter from all in attendance.
For two straight days, much of the attention of the political press has been on Spitzer, not Weiner, and when Anthony has gotten some attention, it's in the "What do you think about these two pervs?" vein.
Yeah, Spitzer's hurting Weiner already.
Weiner's probably hoping Spitzer can't get the 4000 signatures he needs to get on the ballot by Thursday so that he can go back to trying to make believe like he's a candidate with some gravitas.
Because with Spitzer in, Anthony Weiner is relegated to the role of the Little Perv to Sptizer's Steamroller Perv.
And his rebrand is in the toilet.
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