Posted on 01/25/2017 5:10:25 AM PST by drewh
Hillary Clinton would easily dethrone vulnerable Bill de Blasio and cruise to victory as the next mayor of New York City — if she wants the job — political insiders told the Herald yesterday.
“Were she to run, de Blasio’s best move would be to put in his retirement papers,” said Hank Sheinkopf, a veteran New York City Democratic strategist who’s worked for both former President Bill Clinton and former Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
“If she shows up, she clears the field — it’s over. She’s wildly popular here, and her rationale for running is she can unite the city and she could be an advocate in Washington, where she has friends in the House and the Senate on both sides of the aisle.”
Clinton, fresh off a devastating presidential upset, has given no indication whether she’d return to politics, but a chance to run the largest city in America — and the place where the Trump Organization is headquartered — could be impossible to pass up.
It’s not the leader of the free world, but it’s an influential, high-caliber political post that past mayors like John Lindsay and Rudy Giuliani have used to launch White House bids, albeit failed ones.
Other cities around the world are often quick to follow New York’s lead on policies and initiatives — the city’s 2003 decision to ban smoking in the workplace, for instance.
“When New York did it, Italy, Ireland, most of Europe and the rest of the country followed,” said Stu Loeser, a longtime press secretary to Bloomberg.
“If you really care about innovating in policy, you have the flexibility, the power, the resources and the bully pulpit to do it in New York and have it copied,” Loeser said.
Loeser also argued that Clinton’s political weaknesses — including her inability to connect with average voters the way former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama did — will be less damaging in a mayoral run.
“It matters in a presidential race. New Yorkers approach things a little differently,” Loeser said. “New Yorkers like wonky technocratic mayors that roll up their sleeves, but more importantly, offer new and interesting ideas.”
A Quinnipiac University poll last week showed Clinton well ahead of de Blasio in a hypothetical showdown. Clinton, running as an independent, leads de Blasio, running as a Democrat, 49-30 percent, according to the poll. The same survey shows most New Yorkers, by a 49-42 margin, don’t believe de Blasio deserves to be re-elected.
Then NAME them!
Run Guiliani and see what happens....
Polls are never wrong, right?
Well, one was Captain Obvious.
They might want to hold up until after the investigation.
How many polls had Clinton beating Trump handily?
I think I could beat de Bozio, and I don’t live in New York.
No doubt she would win. DeBlasio is not popular.
Let them have her. Further demonstrates the disconnect the Democrat coastal elitists have from middle America.
There’s always the Wiener to do the ‘wet work’ for her.
It would be an easy win but for what purpose? Its the bottom of the rung, gov next? She’s on her last leg now time is not on her side. Its a long road to the presidency and she will never get there
Does NYC have a residency requirement for the Mayor to run. If so I guess Hillary will have to
set up home in Chelsea’s Manhattan digs.
HRC doesn’t live in NYC either. How can she run for this job? I’m fairly sure HRC has no interest in this job other than enjoying seeing her name in the papers again.
Hillary can outpoll deBlasio in a two-way race, but can she serve as mayor during a long stretch in the federal pen?
Clinton needs to get back to the “first woman” thing. This election would be a layup for her. Unfortunately for NYC (last great under Giuliani) it would not amount to a ounce of change away from their disastrous trajectory.
NO!
There has to be someone else who can prevent this...!!!
Rotten Rodham needs to rot away!
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