The Republican, Joe Lhota, was a lousy candidate. The best candidate (sadly) was probably the avowed lesbian former Council Speaker Christine Quinn — but the left rules in Dhimmicrap primaries.
There was an effort to get Ray Kelly, the police commissioner, to run. He declines, but I hear he’s thinking about it now. He’d be the best mayor since Rudy. He’d probably be a good bit like Rudy.