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Mayor Bloomberg looking at Working Families line for re-election bid
Elizabeth Benjamin DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Monday, February 16th 2009, 2:07 AM Mayor Bloomberg may vie for the support of the liberal Working Families Party - even as he woos the GOP in hopes of running for reelection on the Republican Party line, sources close to the mayor confirmed. The mayor ...
Working Families Party News - The New York Times
topics.nytimes.com — Some early backers of the Working Families Party had yet another agenda. They wanted to use the... new political group as a means of pushing the Liberal Party off the ballot. Many Democrats considered that the Liberal Party had become far more ... (more) Working Families Party News - The New York Times
MAYOR EYES DEM LINE
nypost.com — > Mayor Bloomberg's advisers have renewed interest in his pursuing the Democratic line, at the same time... his aggressive courtship of the city GOP has hit resistance. Bloomberg advisers are looking at ways to get a Wilson-Pakula authorization... (more) MAYOR EYES DEM LINE
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New York News for February 16, 2009
Empire Page - Home — ... New York Daily News: Mayor Bloomberg looking at Working Families line for re-election bid (Local Government, Politics & Elections) ...

Mid-Morning Read: Paterson's Raises, Gillibrand's Guns
Home | The New York Observer — ... , Randi Weingarten says she wants a “national model” for education standards. Liz Benjamin writes that Bloomberg isn’t ruling out a run on the Working Families Party line. ...

Mid-Morning Read: Paterson's Raises, Gillibrand's Guns
Home | The New York Observer — ... Duffy, is amending the city charter so he can forego a scheduled pay raise. A major investor in the New York Times isn't really comfortable with the media. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says she has two guns under her bed, for protection. "I am the gun lady," says Rep. Carolyn McCarthy. Writing in the Washington Post, Randi Weingarten says she wants a “national model” for education standards. Liz Benjamin writes that Bloomberg isn’t ruling out a run on the Working Families Party ...

The Commonalities Of Michael Bloomberg And Hugo Chavez
Joshing Politics — ... in touch or connected with the people he rules over attempts to govern. Bloomberg also has no shame, as he now tries to cajole the Working Families Party into letting him run on their line. Despite their differences, both are clearly obsessed with power, and will do whatever it takes to hold on to that. The means may differ because of where they each are, but the ends are all the same.

Bloomberg just dying to run on a party line
Queens Crap — From the Daily News: Mayor Bloomberg may vie for the support of the liberal Working Families Party - even as he woos the GOP in hopes of running for reelection on the Republican Party line, sources close to the mayor confirmed. The mayor is "welcome to apply" for the labor-backed Working Families Party line, said Dan Cantor, its executive director. Still, Cantor called it "the longest of long shots." Bloomberg sought the WFP's line, Row E, for his 2005 reelection campaign. He didn't get it, but he managed to win enough support to ...

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