Posted by
Alice L. on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:33:21 PM
If I had know how close yesterday's mayor election would be, I would have voted for Thompson instead of the Conservative Party candidate (not that I like Thompson - I don't ). I was completely turned off by the mass mailings from Bloomberg as well as the awful attack ads with the menacing music in the background. How much money did my non-vote for Bloomberg cost? If the man wants to cut waste, he could have started with his own campaign. Just think: if the Democrats had tried harder, Thompson may actually have won. I suspect that there was a backlash against Bloomberg's money and negative campaigning. I also think that there remains resentment against His Royal Highness's overturning of term limits. The pollsters were proven incorrect on this election: they had predicted a double digit blowout and it came down to 5%. If Thompson had defined himself instead of allowing Bloomberg to do so, he would have won. I hope Bloomy thinks twice before he gets any more grandiose ideas, but he has a very high opinion of himself. On a brighter note, I am glad that Dan Halloran, Eric Ulrich and Peter Koo won on the GOP line in Queens. Even my local candidate, Angelo Maragos, did decently in an area that is overwhelmingly liberal. What was shocking about that race is how thin skinned Jimmy Van Bramer, the ACORN/Working Family Parties/Democatic candidate is. He actually sent out attack ads on Angelo which I received after I had already voted! He was afraid of something. The normal attitude of most Democrats who run in my area is simply to ignore the opposition.