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• Rev Billy prophetic: Reports say Bloomberg spent $102 million dollars

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 482
  On election day, November 3, 2009, a whimsical post appeared at the Reverend Billy for Mayor of NYC website. Reverend Billy’s campaign claimed that, since he had just won $100 million dollars in the lottery, Reverend Billy now had a fair chance to beat Mayor Bloomberg for Mayor. Here is the headline: “REV. BILLY ...
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• Taking On Gillibrand

  
  The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs — Authority: 722
  Ever since the ( rather dubious ) news that Rudy Giuliani is again eyeing a bid for the US Senate instead of a gubernatorial run next year, there has been a sudden surge of interest from would-be challengers to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. So many names have been floated and/or rejected at this point its getting sort ...
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• Bloomberg Takes The High Road

  
  The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs — Authority: 722
  Mayor Bloomberg declined to take a shot at his erstwhile opponent, Comptroller Bill Thompson, who is continuing to make trouble for the administration on his way out the door by refusing to support a plan to reopen and expand the Brooklyn House of Detention. Asked during his Q&A; with reporters today whether ...
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• From: The Daily Politics

  
  NY Daily News — Authority: 883
  In the end, according to Comptroller Bill Thompson, it all came down to cash. During an interview on WPIX Channel 11 this morning, Thompson suggeste
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• DiNapoli: I Told You So

  
  The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs — Authority: 722
  State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli this morning couldnt help but give himself a little pat on the back for correctly predicting the mid-year budget mess his former legislative colleagues are currently facing. "Im not one to say, I told you so, but with this budget, I told you so," DiNapoli told attendees at this ...
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• Who Can Resist the Cuomo Slate?

  
  Home | The New York Observer — Authority: 736
  Eliot Spitzer infamously dubbed himself "a f------ steamroller" in his early days in office - a description that didnt exactly hold up as the legislature stared him down and his popularity waned in the ensuing months. But as a candidate for governor in 2006, Mr. Spitzer absolutely was a steamroller, powered by ...
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• Early polls for 2010 NY Governor and Attorney General races

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 482
  These stats are great research for third parties to see who the competition might be for statewide office, and what voters are thinking about their NY government. There is a link to a detailed Siena poll with a long list of candidates. At the bottom of this post, I listed all the names-only of the [...]
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• Did Bloomberg Win Re-Election Because The NYT Couldn’t Afford Their Own Poll?

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 797
  After a year or so of non-stop talk about the death of print and the possible ramifications thereof, we may finally be seeing some real-world results of what happens when newspapers (i.e. newsrooms) do not have the budget to perform some basic functions. The case is point is this month’s re-election of Michael ...
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• From: The Daily Politics

  
  NY Daily News — Authority: 883
  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and the many Democrats jockeying for AG Andrew Cuomos job (should he choose to leave it) have
  2 weeks ago

• Mike took Riverdale, but Bronx is Bill’s bailiwick

  
  Talk Bronx New York — Authority: 134
  Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s successful campaign for a third term was widely anticipated, but the results were not without surprises. Bronx voters supported city Comptroller Bill Thompson, the Democratic nominee, over Mr. Bloomberg, an independent, 60.8 percent to 37.1 percent, the largest borough-wide margin for the ...
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• In Thompsons defeat, seeds of future victory

  
  Room Eight - New York Politics — Authority: 554
  It would be a mistake to classify Bloombergs November 4 mayoral reelection win as anything but a defeat for the working people of New York City. At the same time, however, there is no reason to despair; on the contrary the election results represent a basis for optimism moving forward. First, to dispense with the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bloomberg wins city, Thompson takes Bronx

  
  Talk Bronx New York — Authority: 134
  Hundreds of Soundview residents demanded change at P.S. 47 on Tuesday, November 3 and mayoral candidate Bill Thompson won the Bronx in a landslide but incumbent Michael Bloomberg eked out a third term. The independent mayor, listed as a Republican on the ballot, beat Thompson, a Democrat and the city’s comptroller, ...
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• Former NYC Mayor Criticizes Obama For Not Supporting Bill Thompson

  
  NewsOne — Authority: 629
  From the NY Post: The city’s first African-American mayor blasted the country’s first black president for leaving Bill Thompson in the dust in the mayor’s race this year. “The president should’ve done more. He found time to go to Virginia, he found time to go to New Jersey and he should’ve been here,” ...
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• The Vision Thing

  
  NYC Educator — Authority: 494
  Another mayoral election has come and gone, and Mayor-for-life Bloomberg has once again prevailed, buying the election fair and square. Mayor Mike pulled a hundred million bucks out of his sizable pockets, blanketed the metropolitan area with vomit-inducing commercials and persuaded 5% more voters than Thompson did. ...
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• Tusk Endorses HTC

  
  The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs — Authority: 722
  Mayor Bloombergs campaign manager, Bradley Tusk, is full of praise for the Hotel and Motel Trades Councils field operation, which he says played a key role in helping the mayor squeak out a victory over Democrat Bill Thompson on Tuesday. The HTC overcame its differences with Bloomberg on term limits and endorsed ...
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• Election 2009: No Kings or Vagabonds

  
  Yo Mama For Obama — Authority: 124
  America got what it deserves.  In this “off” election year, no kings were crowned and no vagabonds were unjustly thrown out of office.  Yet, the election results, the whys and wherefores, are a sad commentary on the American people.  We of the Democratic persuasion mistakenly think that one victory seals all of ...
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• Not Our Fault

  
  Bay Ridge Journal — Authority: 429
  Looking for somebody to blame for Mayor Michael Bloombergs 5-point squeaker against Democratic challenger Bill Thompson Tuesday night?  Dont look at Brooklyn.Thompson got 49.8% of the Brooklyn vote.  Bloomberg got 46%.Citywide, Bloomberg, who spent a record-breaking $90 million campaigning, edged out Thompson 50.6 ...
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• The morning after in Bed-Stuy

  
  The Brooklyn Ink — Authority: 505
  The Ink brings you a vox populi report from the streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant on the morning after hometown mayoral candidate Bill Thompsons narrow loss.
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• Off-Year Election Graffiti

  
  :: Construction Graffiti :: — Authority: 116
  Vote for pedro! [IMG: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1tP0d4kqH-c/SvHjooUUQcI/AAAAAAAAApY/ynP09sgSudc/s320/Image407.jpg]
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• What Happened to Bloomberg?

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 797
  Shortly after John Corzine officially lost last night, and well after Creigh Deeds called it quits (about two weeks ago), people discovered that something, well, unexpected, was happening in New York City. Michael Bloomberg was in trouble. The New York Times website, and its interactive graphic of votes by ...
  3 weeks ago

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