The Bloomberg '08 P.R. Balancing Act
So here’s a great example of the elegantly compartmentalized P.R. strategy being employed on Michael Bloomberg’s behalf, where the official, earnestly delivered line out of the City Hall press office is that it’s New York-centric business as usual, even as the likes of Kevin Sheekey and Doug Schoen drop ever-stronger hints that it’s not.
During an appearance by Bloomberg’s spokesman Stu Loeser last night on NY1, the subject turned from the mayor’s State of the City speech to the ever-present presidential rumors, as host Rita Nissan pointed out that Schoen had told the L.A. Times that national polling is being done and “also, one of the mayor’s top aides confirmed to us that polling is going on to test voter sentiment across the country.”
“Is polling happening?” she asked.
Loeser responded, “You’ll have to ask Doug about what Doug said and you’re going to have to ask whoever your sources [are] about that. The mayor is completely focused on governing the city and that’s what we saw in today’s speech.”
Depends, I suppose, on what your definition of “completely focused” is.
- Poll
- Obama (D)
- McCain(R)
- Spread
- RCP Average
- 46.4
- 41.6
- Obama +4.8
- Candidate
- Favorable
- Unfavorable
- Spread
- Obama
- 55.7
- 32.7
- +23.0
- McCain
- 52.4
- 34.7
- +17.7
Polling to figure that no one outside NYC finds you remotely inspirational/visionary or qualified for national office?
$10,000,000.00
Maintaining political relevance in NY by talking about a national run?
Priceless.
Mayor Bloomberg is a turd. I am boggled by how people in NYC think he is doing a great job...
I mean, I for one, enjoy $115 parking tickets and the prospect of never being able to afford to drive into Manhattan ever again.
To the honorable Mayor of New York City,
I do hope you think long and hard before you decide to enter the presidential race. I am an independent and I can tell you that there is no way that you can possibly win. The only thing that you will accomplish, is to cost the republicans any chance of winning the White House. I do know that you have more money than God, but even with your money there is no way that you can "buy" an election. So for the sake of the country and for your own sake, save your money. Maybe buy your daughter another horse or buy yourself a country somewhere. Stick to what you know.