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		<description><![CDATA[<p>It's time for the latest installment of <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/09/city-hall-horse-race-before-the-fall-edition/" target="_blank">our weekly scorecard</a> for next year's potential mayoral candidates, rating how they've been doing in recent days. Overall, the candidates seemed generally pretty active on the issues they cared about, with the biggest change possibly being a <em>Wall Street Journal</em> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444813104578016921952371106.html" target="_blank">report</a> discussing Mayor Michael Bloomberg's feelings and meetings with the candidates. But at Politicker, we're really just interested in <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/09/lady-gaga-thanks-her-defender-scott-stringer/" target="_blank">Lady Gaga</a>. That's something you're just going to have to deal with.</p>
<p><!--more-->Here's our highlights:</p>
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><strong>Scott Stringer</strong>'s week started off poor with that <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444813104578016921952371106.html" target="_blank">report</a> discussing his possible interest in running for comptroller. However, he was tweeted by Lady Gaga. Now he has <a href="https://twitter.com/scottmstringer/followers" target="_blank">countless</a> new followers and even more <a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;gl=us&amp;tbm=nws&amp;q=lady+gaga+stringer&amp;oq=lady+gaga+stringer&amp;gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i400.1651.3527.0.3643.18.8.0.9.9.1.216.828.5j1j2.8.0...0.0...1ac.1.MVYpsB-Toms" target="_blank">headlines</a>. Could a Little Monster finally occupy Gracie Mansion?<br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38686" title="good arrow" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow1.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-liu.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38693" title="tiny head liu" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-liu.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><strong>John Liu </strong>has been engaged in a number of issues recently, including energy, <a href="http://www.qchron.com/editions/eastern/liu-touts-importance-of-mwbes-doe-audits/article_c2a57562-991a-5a3d-a5fc-afaa036e2a91.html" target="_blank">education</a> and reforming the NYPD to allow Sikh turbans in blue. But even better, Mr. Liu got to attend Talib Kweli's big <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/09/rapper-talib-kweli-on-bloomberg-what-world-does-that-man-live-in/" target="_blank">police reform rally</a>. We do or die, like Bed-Stuy through the red sky.<br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38682" title="green arrrow" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow1.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-de-blasio1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38690" title="tiny head de blasio" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-de-blasio1.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><strong>Bill de Blasio</strong> continued being out there on his own proposals, including <a href="http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/169461/new-bill-could-make-unwanted-sexual-contact-aboard-subways-a-felony" target="_blank">sexual harassment legislation</a>, pestering the city's lackluster Board of Elections, and--even better--<a href="http://politicker.com/2012/09/morning-read-a-significant-change-in-lifestyle-once-again/" target="_blank">pestering</a> front-runner Christine Quinn over the City Council's paid sick day bill.<br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/circle-arrows2.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38683" title="no arrrow" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/circle-arrows2.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-thompson.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38691" title="tiny head thompson" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-thompson.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><strong>Billy Thompson</strong>'s week must have involved something, right? We're trying to remember. A check of his public schedule showed <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/09/6537471/more-unwelcome-2013-candidates-and-others-check-anti-ahmadinejad-bo" target="_blank">an anti-bad people press conference</a> and a keynote speech at the Indo-American Engineers and Architects Annual Gala.<br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/red-arrow1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38686" title="red arrow" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/red-arrow1.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-quinn.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38694" title="tiny head quinn" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-quinn.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><strong>Christine Quinn</strong> would have probably preferred if Dan Garodnick didn't do that whole "water down progressive-backed legislation I oppose to make it even more business-friendly" <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/nyregion/revised-council-bill-on-sick-days-gains-favor.html?smid=tw-share" target="_blank">thing</a>. Also, ideally, the mayor would stop <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444813104578016921952371106.html" target="_blank">hinting his support</a> for her until <em>after</em> the primary.<br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/red-arrow1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38686" title="red arrow" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/red-arrow1.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-allon.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38693" title="tiny head allon" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-tom-allon.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><strong>Tom Allon</strong>. Not to toot our own headline horn, but <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/09/would-be-child-molester-campaigns-for-his-friend-tom-allons-mayoral-bid/" target="_blank">this one</a> was a doozy. Mr. Allon countered by saying, "I welcome all endorsements (and votes) from all New Yorkers.” Might a Rikers Island voter registration drive be in the works?<br />
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's time for the latest installment of <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/09/city-hall-horse-race-before-the-fall-edition/" target="_blank">our weekly scorecard</a> for next year's potential mayoral candidates, rating how they've been doing in recent days. Overall, the candidates seemed generally pretty active on the issues they cared about, with the biggest change possibly being a <em>Wall Street Journal</em> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444813104578016921952371106.html" target="_blank">report</a> discussing Mayor Michael Bloomberg's feelings and meetings with the candidates. But at Politicker, we're really just interested in <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/09/lady-gaga-thanks-her-defender-scott-stringer/" target="_blank">Lady Gaga</a>. That's something you're just going to have to deal with.</p>
<p><!--more-->Here's our highlights:</p>
<table border="1">
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow3.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38684" title="green arrrow" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow3.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
<hr /></td>
<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-stringer.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38692" title="tiny head stringer" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-stringer.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
<hr /></td>
<td valign="top" height="20%"><strong>Scott Stringer</strong>'s week started off poor with that <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444813104578016921952371106.html" target="_blank">report</a> discussing his possible interest in running for comptroller. However, he was tweeted by Lady Gaga. Now he has <a href="https://twitter.com/scottmstringer/followers" target="_blank">countless</a> new followers and even more <a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;gl=us&amp;tbm=nws&amp;q=lady+gaga+stringer&amp;oq=lady+gaga+stringer&amp;gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i400.1651.3527.0.3643.18.8.0.9.9.1.216.828.5j1j2.8.0...0.0...1ac.1.MVYpsB-Toms" target="_blank">headlines</a>. Could a Little Monster finally occupy Gracie Mansion?<br />
<hr /></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38686" title="good arrow" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow1.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
<hr /></td>
<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-liu.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38693" title="tiny head liu" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-liu.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
<hr /></td>
<td valign="top" height="20%"><strong>John Liu </strong>has been engaged in a number of issues recently, including energy, <a href="http://www.qchron.com/editions/eastern/liu-touts-importance-of-mwbes-doe-audits/article_c2a57562-991a-5a3d-a5fc-afaa036e2a91.html" target="_blank">education</a> and reforming the NYPD to allow Sikh turbans in blue. But even better, Mr. Liu got to attend Talib Kweli's big <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/09/rapper-talib-kweli-on-bloomberg-what-world-does-that-man-live-in/" target="_blank">police reform rally</a>. We do or die, like Bed-Stuy through the red sky.<br />
<hr /></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38682" title="green arrrow" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow1.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
<hr /></td>
<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-de-blasio1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38690" title="tiny head de blasio" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-de-blasio1.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
<hr /></td>
<td valign="top" height="20%"><strong>Bill de Blasio</strong> continued being out there on his own proposals, including <a href="http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/169461/new-bill-could-make-unwanted-sexual-contact-aboard-subways-a-felony" target="_blank">sexual harassment legislation</a>, pestering the city's lackluster Board of Elections, and--even better--<a href="http://politicker.com/2012/09/morning-read-a-significant-change-in-lifestyle-once-again/" target="_blank">pestering</a> front-runner Christine Quinn over the City Council's paid sick day bill.<br />
<hr /></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/circle-arrows2.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38683" title="no arrrow" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/circle-arrows2.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-thompson.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38691" title="tiny head thompson" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-thompson.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
<hr /></td>
<td valign="top" height="20%"><strong>Billy Thompson</strong>'s week must have involved something, right? We're trying to remember. A check of his public schedule showed <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/09/6537471/more-unwelcome-2013-candidates-and-others-check-anti-ahmadinejad-bo" target="_blank">an anti-bad people press conference</a> and a keynote speech at the Indo-American Engineers and Architects Annual Gala.<br />
<hr /></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/red-arrow1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38686" title="red arrow" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/red-arrow1.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-quinn.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38694" title="tiny head quinn" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-quinn.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
<hr /></td>
<td valign="top" height="20%"><strong>Christine Quinn</strong> would have probably preferred if Dan Garodnick didn't do that whole "water down progressive-backed legislation I oppose to make it even more business-friendly" <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/nyregion/revised-council-bill-on-sick-days-gains-favor.html?smid=tw-share" target="_blank">thing</a>. Also, ideally, the mayor would stop <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444813104578016921952371106.html" target="_blank">hinting his support</a> for her until <em>after</em> the primary.<br />
<hr /></td>
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/red-arrow1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38686" title="red arrow" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/red-arrow1.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-allon.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38693" title="tiny head allon" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-tom-allon.png" alt="" width="92" height="92" /></a><br />
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<td valign="top" height="20%"><strong>Tom Allon</strong>. Not to toot our own headline horn, but <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/09/would-be-child-molester-campaigns-for-his-friend-tom-allons-mayoral-bid/" target="_blank">this one</a> was a doozy. Mr. Allon countered by saying, "I welcome all endorsements (and votes) from all New Yorkers.” Might a Rikers Island voter registration drive be in the works?<br />
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