[Pharmboy]

Of course the Black voters who are dead continue to vote Democrat, but the ones that are alive and thinking are moving over to the pubbies. Good news.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

If Blacks are to move forward in America, they better darn well abandon the Democrat Party, otherwise they will remain on the bottom of the political, opportunity and economic ladder forever!!!

[R. Scott]

…while Mr. Ferrer has failed to demonstrate that he is more than a lifelong politician.

Labeled a “Professional Politician” – soon to be the death knell.

[stevem]

Of course the Black voters who are dead continue to vote Democrat, but the ones that are alive and thinking are moving over to the pubbies. Good news.

I'm not 100% sure that voting for Bloomberg is the same as voting for a Republican, but if a voter can experience casting an "R" ballot without having his hand fall off, that may be a worthy end.

No matter. We have spent 20 years that I can recall trying to assign anecdotal evidence to the group. It seems as though there are pockets that make it so for a day or a month. Yet nationally, it seems as though there has been about 2 percent movement in the last 12 years. Each person that sees the light is welcome. These days I will believe we are making inroads only after an election shows it to be true.

[Solamente]

I'll be working extra hard to afford cigarettes to vote for Bloomberg come Election Day.

[G.Mason]

In New York City, like in the state of New Jersey, the Republican Party radiates the same socialistic banter and has the same socialistic manners as the Democrat Party. Were it any different there would be no "Republican Party".

In any large city, the people that reside there want, nay, demand socialism.

As the population increases so does the "nanny state" mentality.

Believe it ... or don't! ;)

[Wilhelm Tell]

Note that some parents concerned about the quality of public schools are quoted as favoring the Republican, while the "politically active lawyer" favors the Democrat.

[alessandrofiaschi]

The real question is:

Is M. Bloomberg a true Republican, or is he simply a RINO?

[jmaroneps37]

All of you "Oh sooooooooo conservative" people who dismiss Bloomberg as a rino, listen up. Yes of course he is a rino. So what Jesse Helms is NOT electable in NYC, but Bloomy is 1000 x better than anyone else in the Democrat party and Dude, he will prove to lots of Black and Hispanic voters that their hands really won't fall off if they vote Republican. This is huge. This will be felt for years to come. He will be a guy running in NYC getting elected as a Republican, and winning by at least 12 points. Please keep all your chest beating rino talk to yourselves until you know what you are talking about.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

***...The split among black voters has played out on an intensely personal level, between husbands and wives, pastors and their congregations, fathers and sons. Pierre Sutton, chairman of Inner City Broadcasting Corporation, supports Mr. Bloomberg. He is the son of Percy E. Sutton, a former Manhattan borough president and an elder statesman of Harlem politics. The elder Mr. Sutton endorsed Mr. Ferrer on Friday.***

[RockinRight]

Of course voting for Bloomberg counts for voting Republican about as much as going to McDonalds for a burger counts as going "out to dinner."

[Zionist Conspirator]

I don't know that voting for Bloomberg constitutes openness to traditional Republican policies or concerns.

[Ann Archy]

Doesn't the name Craig Livingston ring a bell?

[jmc813]

I'm actually rooting for Ferrer in this race.