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Bad Advice From the Daily News

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September 13, 2005 | 6:00 a.m.

In the restatement today of its position on this primary -- "the Daily News is rooting for a run-off" -- the tabloid's editorial board does all it can to ensure the opposite result -- that there won't be another round.

"Waste not your votes on Miller and Fields," the News advises. (No links today, as I'm blogging remotely, at present from Joe's Place in Parkchester.)

That, of course, is how you ensure that someone, probably Freddy, breaks 40% with support from Gifford's and Virginia's former backers.

Somewhere, Ferrer pollster Jef Pollock is smiling.

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