Everyone is talking about New York these days. Is it that we have the best bagels? Theatre and fashion districts? Perhaps its Chinatown or Little Italy? None of the above unfortunately. Now that Bloomberg is the next potential candidate for a country still searching for someone to take over after Bush, New York represents three different sides in a potential match-up next November.
From WNBC:
Although the nation's most populous city is regarded by many -- including its residents -- as the nation's financial, fashion and cultural capital, it has rarely served as a catapult to the White House.
Mayor John V. Lindsay's Democratic presidential bid in 1972 was the most recent failure. Statewide office offered little promise, either: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, elected in 1932, was the last governor to reach the national stage. Oft-mentioned Mario Cuomo, a Democrat, never mounted a campaign, and talk about his GOP successor, George Pataki, making the move was just talk.
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As some people noted, two of the three are not New Yorkers anyway: Giuliani was born in Brooklyn, but Clinton hails from Illinois and Bloomberg still bears a trace of his Boston accent.
"They just happen to be living in the New York area," said Marvin Hall, 57, of Chicago. Hall said he is more concerned with the abilities than their addresses, although a fellow Windy City resident wondered if too many candidates from adjoining zip codes was a good idea.
From the entire article Marvin had the smartest response. This race shouldn't be based on what state they currently represent. It is about the issues and who can provide effective leadership in a government that needs serious repair. The three New Yorkers may all have Manhattan offices, but come from three different styles of governing. Besides, there hasn't been a New Yorker in the White House since Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was he so bad?
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