But Can He Feel N.Y.'s Pain?

Politicalusa.com ^ | 9/10/2001 | Kim Serafin

[JoeGOP]

New Yorkers once overwhelming told pollsters they wanted Bill Clinton as their Mayor.

Now, it looks like they might just get what they wished for. Sort of.

Mayoral hopeful Mark Green, the City's Public Advocate, is looking more like Bill Clinton every day. Rather than being "Rudy-lite," the moniker Freddy Ferrer has assigned to his opponents, Mark Green has become "Clinton-lite." He has the celebrity quotient without the scandals. The centrist demeanor without the pandering. Yet. Mark Green has created his own form of triangulation.

This is worthy strategy for the upcoming primary, but a possible pitfall if Mr. Green ends up in a race for City Hall with Mike Bloomberg, a true moderate and a man not beholden to special interest groups or unions.

Mr. Green has already encompassed the celebrity-allure of Clinton. On Wednesday night the Public Advocate held a star-studded fundraiser at Town Hall featuring speeches and performances by everyone from Warren Beatty to Jewel. MORE

[Dan from Michigan]

I hope Green gets his butt kicked.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

There is nothing positive for New York City in this mayoral election.

But Mark Green is, by far, the worst of a bad lot.

[Fintan]

And I'm sure Mr. Beatty, his lovely wife and all the rest of the dimwitted, self-absorbed "celebrities" campaigning for Green are registered to vote in New York....

[Black Agnes]

Aw, c'mon, Freddy Ferrer is worse than Green...isn't he?