Tag Archives: 2013 elections

Weiner: Quitting Isn’t How NYC Rolls

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Weiner Spokesperson Calls Former Campaign Intern A “Fucking Slutbag”

The bad news out of the Weiner campaign never ends. Talking Points Memo has the latest: Tuesday was an angry day in Weinerland. The campaign staff awoke to see their former intern, Olivia Nuzzi, on the front cover of the Daily News. Inside the paper was an article bylined by Nuzzi in which she told a rather unflattering tale of …

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New Poll: Weiner Tumbles To Fourth Place

According to Quinnipiac Poll issued yesterday, Bill de Blasio is benefiting from Anthony Weiner’s tumble to fourth place in the New York City mayoral race. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has surprisingly shot up to second place in the Democratic primary for mayor, as scandal-scarred candidate Anthony Weiner’s numbers continued to tumble in the wake of his latest sexting scandal, …

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New Christine Quinn Campaign Ad

This was posted to her YouTube channel last week, but I just started seeing it on NY1 this morning.

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Target Donates $50K To Group Supporting Anti-Gay Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli

Miranda Blue writes for Right Wing Watch: Target reports that in the first half of this year, it contributed $50,000 to the Republican Governors Association, which so far this year has spent nearly $3 million on behalf of Cuccinelli’s gubernatorial campaign. Target, like many large corporations, is an equal opportunity influence-buyer – it also gave $50,000 this year to the …

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Tim Gunn Endorses Christine Quinn

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Nadler: Weiner Needs Psychiatric Help

“I think he should withdraw, I think he needs serious psychiatric help. He should take care of his own problems and let New York figure its policies and its mayor. I mean, to have done it again after what we went through in the resignation, he has shown himself to be a serial liar. You can’t believe him, and he’s …

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Today’s New York Daily News

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Christine Quinn On Carlos Danger

“The circus that Mr. Weiner has brought to the mayor’s race these last two months has been a disservice to New Yorkers who are looking for someone who has the judgment and maturity to lead this City and a record of actually delivering real results for them. Instead we have seen a pattern of reckless behavior, consistently poor judgment, and …

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NY Daily News: Weiner Must Beat It

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Huma Abedin Stands By Her Man

This was her first time speaking at a press conference.

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De Blasio Calls On Weiner To Withdraw

NYC Public Advocate Bill De Blasio is also running for mayor.

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Weiner Confesses: I Was Still Sexting

Well, maybe today is the day that Christine Quinn won the mayor’s race. Details here, here, here, and here.

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Eliot Spitzer’s New Campaign Ad

First line: “Look, I failed big time.”

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Mexico Elects First Openly Gay Mayor

An openly gay man has been elected mayor of a county in the northern Mexico state of Zacatecas. Benjamin Medrano, a 47-year-old singer and gay bar-owner, says he is proud to be openly gay and rights groups say his victory in the city of Fresnillo’s July 7 election marks a significant point in the fight for gay rights.  They add …

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Christine Quinn Retakes Polling Lead

The New York Times reports on their latest poll: After 12 years with a peevish and pragmatic billionaire running the city, New Yorkers are eager for a mayor with heart. By a clear majority, the city’s voters say empathy is the most important trait in the next mayor, far more important than temperament, management experience, or the ability to recruit …

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Quote Of The Day – Ruben Diaz

“You should know that Erick Salgado is the President of the Council of Youth Christian Churches. Not satisfied with the moral, civic, cultural and political status of New York City according to Mr. Salgado, “after careful consultation with his family, with Mr. Gregory Davidzon and others”, Erick Salgado decided to become a candidate in the Democratic Primary for the Office …

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ARKANSAS: AG Rejects Wording Of Ballot Measure To Repeal Marriage Ban

Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has rejected the wording of a proposed ballot measure that would repeal that state’s 2004 constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. The attorney general said the proposal by Arkansans for Equality contained misleading tendencies and a failure to include any mention of the proposal’s effect on the state’s current law, Amendment 83, which was approved with …

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Spitzer Leads NYC Comptroller Poll

Last night, twenty minutes before the 11PM deadline, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer turned in nearly ten times the required petition signatures to make the ballot for New York City comptroller. Primarily on the strength of his name recognition (for better or worse) he’s already leading in a favorability poll against Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer. In the new …

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Lesbian Super-PAC Endorses Quinn

The nation’s first (and still only, I think) lesbian super-PAC has endorsed Christian Quinn for New York City mayor. “LPAC is supporting Quinn because she supports the policies and holds values that matter to lesbians: fairness and opportunity for everyone, commitment to equal rights and social justice,” said LPAC Chair Sarah Schmidt. “As a values-based committee, LPAC works hard to …

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