Quinn, suffering from plummeting poll numbers and overtaken by Anthony Weiner's campaign momentum, has been able to use Spitzer's entrance into the race to attack Weiner:
Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner present much the same problem to the voting public, if you ask Christine Quinn.
Today, speaking on the steps of City Hall, Quinn posed a rhetorical question to the reporters gathered before her: "What have these two men done since their fall from grace to make it clear to women—and men for that matter—that their selfish, dishonest ways are behind them?"
It's the second time she's delivered that sort of message in as many days.
Quinn could just as well be asked what she's done to put the slush fund scandal and the term limits debacle behind her.
I guess that's for the voters to decide.
But the good thing in all of this is, Quinn's finally attacking Weiner.
Somebody had to start doing it.
Weiner was getting a "free ride" in this campaign so far, as Michael Mulgrew put it to the NY Times, with no candidate in the Democratic primary willing to step out and attack him for fear he/she would drive her own poll numbers down and help other candidates.
But now with Spitzer in the comptroller's race, Weiner's "free ride" is over.
Quinn has gone after him twice and Liu has attacked Weiner's ethics as well.
Dunno if Quinn's attacking Weiner helps her, but it doesn't help Weiner.
It will be interesting to see the next set of poll numbers on the race.
The pollsters are out in the field right now, polling the state of the race and what Spitzer's entrance into it means for Weiner.
I'm going to bet that Spitzer's entrance into the race has not helped Weiner.
But we'll see when the numbers come out.
We'll know something when the numbers come out, but we also know that both Thompson and Dinkins' numbers were grossly underestimated in the past.
ReplyDeletePoll out tonight showing Spitzer with a 9 point lead on Sringer. And Weiner got testy on the campaign trail tonight when only 10 reporters showed up at his campaign event. Hard to say what all of this will do to his numbers, but it's definitely taken attention away from him and put a crimp in his "mo".
DeleteHere's What, if Weiner fall behind or his polling allows him to attack Quinn the fireworks will really begin. Remember Weiner's tirade on the floor of the House that made every news media outlet? Well if he unloads on the self proclaimed front runner he will give two shits about attacking her as a women, a gay, or anything else for that matter. The real beneficiary to all this hoopla is Bill Thompson who yesterday picked up the UFA endorsement and the PBA will be next up.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Weiner will unload on Quinn. I think he's got to know that his negatives are the highest of anybody in the race, including Liu's. He's got to play nice, hope he makes the runoff, then hope it's Quinn as his opposition and the independent ABQ people take her out for him.
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