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I guess you missed the part where I said that Thompson would not lose any de Blasio voters to Lhota, but he would get some moderate votes from people (like me) who think de Blasio is too liberal, er I mean "progressive". Capiche? I can't imagine any de Blasio voters changing their vote to Lhota if Thompson is the Democratic candidate.
I would vote for Thompson over Lhota but I would vote Lhota over de Blasio.
I think de Blasio's campaign will move more to the center, so that it resonates with even more NYC residents.
Also, you won't have to worry about de Blasio voters changing to Thompson supporters, because Thompson will not be chosen as the democratic candidate. He simply doesn't have enough votes. The polling, prior to the primary actually showed that De Blasio could very well receive 43% of the vote.
I'm guessing that once those absentee ballots are all counted, he will have at least 42-44% of the vote.
I agree with you here. De Blasio had a pretty interesting political career. Lhota, not really much beyond being MTA CEO. As for his ties to the Giuliani administration, whole new generations of voters have come, and Giuliani is all washed up and over in politics since his failed bid for President which faired ridiculously poorly.
Actually Lhota was an investment banker at the now defunct Paine Weber (which was acquired by UBS), prior to becoming the MTA CEO.
This should tell the average NYC resident where his loyalties are... WALL STREET...
I'd take Thompson over De Blasio. "Progressive" usually means far-left. Don't worry, Bill D will win anyway.
Quinn and de Blasio were claiming that each of them was the most "progressive" candidate. It's better marketing than saying they were the most extreme leftist candidate. What voter could be against progress?
Actually Lhota was an investment banker at the now defunct Paine Weber (which was acquired by UBS), prior to becoming the MTA CEO.
This should tell the average NYC resident where his loyalties are... WALL STREET...
NYC being too dependent on Wall Street has hurt NYC big time as far as jobs are concerned. Even Bloomberg would admit that, though he tries hard to mask the extent of it. Now that technology has reshaped Wall Street, there are a lot less jobs and a number of jobs have been relocated out of NYC. With more layoffs pending. Its going to get ugly. Some people on here have tried scare tactics by saying the tax base will flee NYC, but that ALREADY happened under BLOOMBERG! A lot of financial services jobs that paid well were lost, and a lot of new jobs were low paying service sector jobs (with no benefits). The tech sector and film industries added few new jobs to NYC overall.
I just don't understand why NYC has to wait for the paper ballot votes to be counted for the Democratic votes and NOT the Republican votes. If someone can explain, I would surely appreciate it.
NYC being too dependent on Wall Street has hurt NYC big time as far as jobs are concerned. Even Bloomberg would admit that, though he tries hard to mask the extent of it. Now that technology has reshaped Wall Street, there are a lot less jobs and a number of jobs have been relocated out of NYC. With more layoffs pending. Its going to get ugly. Some people on here have tried scare tactics by saying the tax base will flee NYC, but that ALREADY happened under BLOOMBERG! A lot of financial services jobs that paid well were lost, and a lot of new jobs were low paying service sector jobs (with no benefits). The tech sector and film industries added few new jobs to NYC overall.
Very true. That tax base that left under Bloomberg was the Middle Class and to a lower extent working class folks.
so what makes you think that the people who cast paper ballots are less important than other voters? if de blasio is a good candidate, hes gonna win no matter what. One week head start for Lhota is not that important
Not saying the paper ballot voters are less important people. The point is the 16,000 or so of such voters will not bring Thompson anywhere near 40% and quite probably put de Blasio even more over the 40% he has. Thompson should have man upped and conceded like a good loser because one week wasted does matter in an 8 week campaign. Thompson appears to be schilling for il Principe Bloomberg who, though he claims to endorse no candidate, has publicly and bizarrely expressed disdain for de Blasio.
Bloomberg who, though he claims to endorse no candidate, has publicly and bizarrely expressed disdain for de Blasio.
Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that de Blasio openly disdains him, and prides himself on being anti-bloomberg?
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I can't imagine any de Blasio voters changing their vote to Lhota if Thompson is the Democratic candidate. 
That tax base that left under Bloomberg was the Middle Class and to a lower extent working class folks.
