Looks like Bill de Blasio (D) won over the heart of The Daily Show's Jon Stewart:
http://politicker.com/...
The Daily Show weighed in on Tuesday’s election results last night, and celebrated mayoral winner Bill de Blasio’s “incredibly awesome family”–at one point donning an afro wig to try to be more like Mr. de Blasio’s famous son, Dante.
“Adopt me?” asked host Jon Stewart after playing a clip of the family on victory night doing their signature dance move, “The Smackdown.”
“You know, somehow after 12 years of captain soda narc, I think New York City might be ready for a charismatic biracial family with their own signature synchronized dance moves, that appear to have been beamed here from their very own 1970s musical variety special. Who is better than this family? Nobody is better than this family!” he proclaimed. - Politicker, 9/12/13
You can watch The Daily Show clip here:
But of course it wasn't all cheers from Stewart. It was time to say goodbye:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/...
Stewart's love of the de Blasio family goes so far that, while airing a clip of the now famous de Blasio campaign ad featuring his son Dante, Stewart suddenly started sporting an afro.
But it wasn't all fun and games that fateful primary night. "Meanwhile, on the agony of defeat side, the former Congressman turned social media pioneer Anthony Weiner," Stewart noted. It was time for John Oliver to retire the Carlos Danger dance — after doing it one last time. "I'm not going to miss him," Oliver said. "You're not going to miss the Danger?" Stewart asked, the song playing in the background. Eventually, Oliver relented, though he danced to a slower, melancholic version of the song. "It's not the same," Oliver said. "He's a pathetic individual. It's not as fun this way." All good things must come to an end. - The Atlantic Wire, 9/12/13
Stewart was never a fan of Weiner being in this race:
http://www.nydailynews.com/...
The TV host has previously been criticized for going easy on Weiner's sexting scandal.
But earlier in September, during the media circus surrounding Weiner's mayoral bid, Stewart had dished on his disgust with the Democrat.
"Everything that Weiner does just looks bad now. There's no reason for it," Stewart said on his show, adding, "He's a guy with self-control issues who never should have run for mayor." - The New York Daily News, 9/12/13
As a Daily Show fan, glad to see Stewart's part of the de Blasio love fest. So polls have showed that de Blasio has reached the 40% mark needed to avoid a runoff but of course there are still more ballots to count and we won't know 100% for sure until the latest early next week. But if de Blasio were to have to go into a runoff, what can we expect?
http://www.theatlantic.com/...
If there's a runoff, de Blasio goes in as a heavy favorite thanks to his dominant first-place showing, but things are likely to get nasty fast. Thompson's campaign has already tried to dub his rival "Bill de Bliar" and paint him as a hypocrite for not disclosing his meetings with lobbyists. (De Blasio retorts that Thompson actually was a lobbyist for an investment firm.) Thompson's low-key presence doesn't exactly light audiences on fire, but he gets some credit from Democratic partisans for having run against Bloomberg in 2009 -- and come within 5 points, surprising those who expected a Bloomberg blowout. Expect de Blasio's campaign to highlight the fact that Thompson has been, in the words of Alex Pareene, "quietly running as the most conservative Democrat in the race" -- he's backed by former Republican Senator Al D'Amato, and his refusal to strongly oppose stop-and-frisk alienated his onetime ally Rev. Al Sharpton. Remarkably, exit polls showed Thompson, who is black, slightly lagging de Blasio, whose wife is black, among African-American voters. - The Atlantic, 9/11/13
And lets not forget that de Blasio will still have to face Republican challenger Joe Lhota. John Samuelson, president of Transport Workers Union Local 100, provides a little background info:
http://www.nydailynews.com/...
He was a quick study, and had a better feel for the unique relationship between New Yorkers and their public transportation system than a lot of veteran bosses with years of operating experience under their belts.
Ironically, the event that people try to give him the most credit for in his time with the MTA — the response to Hurricane Sandy — is the event that soured our relationship. Lhota made a decision to shut the transit system down to protect against the storm. By doing so, he made it impossible for thousands of transit workers to get to work. Then Lhota docked their pay even though his decision was the sole reason some of our members couldn't get to their jobs.
It was petty and just plain wrong to penalize the very same workers who busted their backs to secure the system before the storm, and then get it going again in its aftermath. In my conversations with Lhota on this issue, he displayed a disappointing and cavalier lack of concern regarding the impact that the unexpected loss of two days pay would have on his own employees. It was a side of him that I had not seen before, and will not forget. - New York Daily News, 9/11/13
And Lhota is serious about his campaign and is going to try to win over Democratic support:
http://www.nydailynews.com/...
A day after winning the Republican New York mayoral nomination, Joe Lhota pivoted toward the general election — with plans to reach out to the Rev. Al Sharpton and create a Democrats for Lhota organization.
Aides said that Lhota intends to reach out to Sharpton — a gesture that his former boss, Rudy Giuliani, refused to do during his eight years as mayor.
Sharpton spokeswoman Rachel Noerdlinger said Sharpton would be “open to meeting with [Lhota].”
And he began reaching out to other voting blocs, scheduling a visit for Thursday to the Queens grave site of Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, the longtime leader of the world’s Lubavitch Hasidic Jews.
Lhota also fielded calls from supporters asking to lead the Democrats for Lhota group that he plans to announce shortly.
Meanwhile, there was the issue of Giuliani, who was featured in Lhota’s mailings and television commercials in the Republican party. Lhota was a deputy mayor when Giuliani ran City Hall.
Highlighting the association helped Lhota in the Republican primary.
But Giuliani remains a divisive figure to many Democrats, and giving him a prominent role going forward could hurt Lhota in the November election, when Democratic voters will vastly outnumber Republicans . - New York Daily News, 9/11/13
Even Giuliani knows how toxic he could be for Lhota's campaign and said he's going to back off now and let Joe do his thing. We're putting the Bloomberg era to end and the last thing we want is a revitalization of the Giuliani era. We are closer to taking back the Big Apple for progressives but our work is not done yet. Please do consider donating or getting involved with de Blasio's campaign and lets win this thing:
http://www.billdeblasio.com/