Bloomberg chooses a party; Romney seizes on something
Briefing: Bloomberg at the High Line. Edward Reed via nyc.gov
5:49 pm Sep. 20, 2012
2012/Insidegate
Obama says it's hard to change Washington from the inside. [Devin Dwyer]
Romney says it's proof Obama can't govern. [Justin Sink]
Romney said the same thing earlier. [Erin McPike, via Twitter]
Dumbest contorversy yet? [Greg Sargent]
2012
A history of presidential bloopers. [New York Times]
Presidential donors spend idiotically. [Ben Smith]
NY-06
A "clerical oversight" led Grace Meng's campaign to miss a disclosure. [Celeste Katz]
NY-17
Democratic congresswoman Nita Lowey is going on the offensive against her Republican challenger, using Romney's 47 percent analysis. [Celeste Katz]
NY-25
Rep. Louise Slaughter's campaign spokesman referred to Republican rival Maggie Brooks as a "corrupt local politician." [Nick Reisman]
Albany
For an upcoming trip to promote tourism, reporters were sent "a waiver, the text of which reads like the back-jacket copy of James Dickey’s novel 'Deliverance.'" [Casey Seiler]
The state unemployment rate remains unchanged at 1 percent above the national average. [@APgormley]
A major LGBT site notices Cuomo and Bloomberg's remarks about the pro gay-marriage Republicans embroiled in a primary recount. [Towleroad]
City Hall
Bloomberg's fortune increased 28 percent in one year, to $25 billion, making him the second richest New Yorker on Forbes magazine list of rich people. [Michael Grynbaum]
"[H]ow the mayoral rivals address the growing gap between the city's economic elite and the rest of us -- and how they propose to shrink it -- will define the race." [Chris Smith]
"Michael Bloomberg … is to endorse George Osborne's austerity plans in a keynote speech at next month's Conservative Party conference." [Peter Foster]
City schools chancellor Dennis Walcott visited a number of schools the city wanted to shut down and restructure. [Rachel Cromidas]
The anti-Obama rally got hijacked. [Christopher Robbins]
Council members complained about voter confusion, and the font-size on ballots. [Colin Campbell]
Brooklyn
More on the allegations of voter fraud in Williamsburg. [Vos Iz Neias]
