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No Challenge to Mike - Vito
NY Daily News ^
| 2.12.2004
| Michael Saul
Posted on 02/12/2004 11:56:15 AM PST by NYC GOP Chick
WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Vito Fossella, who has been mentioned as a possible Republican rival for Mayor Bloomberg in the 2005 race for City Hall, said yesterday he has no intention of running. "I have no plans, no, never had any intention, no plans to run for mayor," he said.
Fossella (Staten Island/Brooklyn) joined Bloomberg in Washington yesterday to help lobby legislators for more homeland security and transportation funds.
"I've been supportive of Mike Bloomberg and continue to be supportive of Mike Bloomberg for mayor," Fossella said.
Asked whether he will endorse Bloomberg for reelection, Fossella said: "I see that."
Bloomberg said he believes the perceived friction between the two was media hype.
"I don't know that we've ever had any real differences," Bloomberg said.
"A lot of that was made up by the papers. Vito and I have been friends for a long time," the mayor said.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2005; bloomberg; gop; mayor; nyc; vitofossella
To: firebrand; Tabi Katz; hellinahandcart; sauropod; Clemenza; Oschisms; Cacique; finnman69; ...
Vito is a wuss!
To: NYC GOP Chick
That's a bit harsh . . .
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posted on
02/12/2004 12:01:47 PM PST
by
JohnnyZ
(Burkeman1 predicted Kerry would win the nomination. I told him he was a moron. Oops!)
To: NYC GOP Chick
Why would Vito challenge Mike, his own son, the one he wants to take over the family operations?
Hmm, maybe I got the wrong idea from this headline.
To: NYC GOP Chick
I have to say I'm disappointed in my congressman Vito not running. IMHO, there would have been little downside in him challenging Bloomberg -- Vito wouldn't have had to give up his seat to do it, and he'd increase his name recognition and popularity in case he wants to run for higher office. Plus, he'd be a conservative hero in ridding our party of Bloomberg once and for all.
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posted on
02/12/2004 12:12:11 PM PST
by
NYCVirago
To: NYCVirago
Plus, he'd be a conservative hero in ridding our party of Bloomberg once and for all.I guess he's afraid of running afoul of the NYC RINO machine...
I, for one, am NOT looking forward to the next mayoral election -- all we'll have to choose from is a liberal RINO and some leftist jerk like Ferrer or Barron.
To: NYC GOP Chick
"Vito is running for mayor" was never real. It was an inside baseball teak at Bloomberg. Anyone who thinks about it, has to conclude that there is no way whatsoever that a conservative from Staten Island could win - period!
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posted on
02/12/2004 1:01:43 PM PST
by
jmaroneps37
( lurch is dukakis with the eyebrows hacked off. That's the only difference.)
To: NYC GOP Chick
Its been a pleasure having Vito as my Congressman, but I am pissed that he didn't at least try a nominal challenge to Nurse Bloomberg.
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posted on
02/12/2004 2:38:40 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(East side, West side, all around the town. Tripping the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York)
To: NYCVirago
Vito rocks. Hopefully, he keeps his seat for awhile, so that nobody ever named Molinari holds that seat again.
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posted on
02/12/2004 2:40:18 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(East side, West side, all around the town. Tripping the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York)
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