Michael Bloomberg's campaign manager emailed supporters to say that by tonight, campaign volunteers will have knocked on 250,000 doors.
"The glamorous parts of any campaign tend to be the ads you see on TV or the press conferences featuring high profile endorsements. While we've had plenty of both, one of the keys to any successful Read More
Here’s a flier announcing Michael Bloomberg has been invited to a rally being organized by Independence Party activist Lenora Fulani. It's taking place in Harlem this Thursday at 6 p.m.
Bloomberg, however, won't be attending. A campaign spokeswoman, Jill Hazelbaker, emailed me to say, "While the Mayor is thankful Read More
“I’m in Florida for the weekend,” said Mr. Sheinkopf, one of a number of prominent Democratic consultants now working for the mayor, in a recent phone interview. He was there for a speaking engagement. Read More
Last week, City Hall News reported that to get the endorsement of the Queens Republican Party, the Bloomberg campaign agreed to back the mayor’s longtime critic, Republican Tom Ognibene, in a bid for his old City Council seat.
The seat is held by Democrat Liz Crowley, cousin of Queens County Democratic Chair Joe Crowley. Read More
The New York Post ran a story today about Representative Anthony Weiner missing a handful of votes in Congress because he was busy playing hockey in Manhattan.
Weiner has, at times, tried to make his passion for sports into a political asset, but this story was clearly trying to make it look like Read More
Michael Blooomberg’s campaign is not committing to attending a debate being organized by the Working Families Party, El Diario/La Prensa and the Amsterdam News.
The date, time and location for the event have not been specified. But in a letter signed Read More
Michael Bloomberg might have gone and hired John McCain’s former director of communications, Jill Hazelbaker, but it's going to take more than that to impress Phil Ragusa.
“I don’t really know who she is," said Ragusa, the Queens County Republican chair. "Is she from New York?”
Hazelbaker, is, in fact, from Oregon.
“I wish her Read More
The hire comes in the run-up to Bloomberg's February 25 meeting with the city's Republican county chairs, who will decide whether to allow him to run in their primary.
(Asked Read More
Here's the equally unsurprising reaction from John McCain communications director Jill Hazelbaker:
“Today, Barack Obama has revealed himself to be just another typical politician who Read MoreA day after John McCain appeared at a town hall-style event that turned out to look a little like a campaign rally at New York's Federal Hall, the McCain campaign accepted another invitation for a joint debate with Barack Obama, this one extended by the Ronald Reagan and Lyndon B. Johnson Libraries.
McCain's communications Read More
But while Hillary Clinton recently complimented McCain's experience while denigrating Obama's, a statement by McCain communications director Jill Hazelbaker did Read More
