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		<title>City Hall Horse Race: We Won&#8217;t Have Mayor Mike to Kick Around Anymore Edition</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>It's time for the latest installment of <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/10/city-hall-horse-race-chasing-christine-edition/" target="_blank">our weekly scorecard</a> rating how next year's potential mayoral candidates performed in the past seven days. This week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried to duck out of the battle when he <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/10/6538120/have-you-asked-bloomberg-about-his-would-be-successors-because-dont?politics-bucket-headline" target="_blank">unloaded on reporters</a> at a press conference and said he would no longer take questions about the 2013 mayoral contenders' proposals. Mayor Bloomberg's desire to remain above the fray could have a pronounced effect on his would-be-successors. Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio, of course, has no intention of being anywhere other than front-and-center in the nascent campaign and he <a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;gl=us&amp;tbm=nws&amp;q=%22john+liu%22#hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;gl=us&amp;tbs=sbd:1&amp;tbm=nws&amp;sclient=psy-ab&amp;q=%22bill+de+blasio%22&amp;oq=%22bill+de+blasio%22&amp;gs_l=serp.3...1667390.1669260.4.1669359.16.12.0.0.0.0.235.1078.10j1j1.12.0...0.0...1c.1.YnMI0RBz-9c&amp;pbx=1&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&amp;fp=fb921f782d429034&amp;bpcl=35243188&amp;biw=1366&amp;bih=600" target="_blank">continued to ride wave of publicity</a> from his tax-the-rich plan, which--even when <a href="http://observer.com/2012/10/de-blasios-bad-idea/" target="_blank">this paper</a> slams it--is still a winning issue, as it's aimed at helping little tiny children learn.</p>
<p><!--more--></p>
<p>Without further ado, here're our highlights:</p>
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<td><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38682" title="green arrrow" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow1.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
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<td><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" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-quinn.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
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<td><strong>Christine Quinn</strong> is lucky, Mr. Bloomberg will no longer be helping her lesser-known rivals perpetually pester him into public back-and-forths that inevitably raise their profile. Mr. Bloomberg is out and, consequently, Ms. Quinn is up.<br />
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<td><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38682" title="green arrrow" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow1.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
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<td><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" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-de-blasio1.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
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<td><strong>Bill de Blasio</strong> is lucky, because everything we wrote above is probably untrue. A Bloomberg spokesman <a href="http://www.ny1.com/content/170516/ny1-online--mayor-s-press-secretary-rejects-call-for-debate" target="_blank">went on TV</a> to decline a debate between Hizzoner and Mr. de Blasio, and Mr. Bloomberg himself has repeatedly discussed his antagonist's tax and education proposals.<br />
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<td><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/circle-arrows2.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38683" title="no arrrow" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/circle-arrows2.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
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<td><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" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-thompson.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
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<td><strong>Billy Thompson</strong>, like Ms. Quinn, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443982904578045081593518780.html" target="_blank">backed off</a> his specific tax-the-rich proposal from 2009. It's not immediately clear what the endgame here is for Mr. Thompson, as the Democratic primary electorate surely favors that sort of thing. But fine, this time we'll wait to judge.<br />
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<td><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/circle-arrows2.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38683" title="no arrrow" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/circle-arrows2.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
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<td><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" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-tom-allon.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
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<td><strong>Tom Allon </strong>has hinted he might switch parties and run as a Republican, but the deadline to be able to do so without the blessing of the county GOP organizations is today. Mr. Allon didn't respond to multiple inquiries from Politicker about whether he's still a Democrat.<br />
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<td><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/red-arrow1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38686" title="red arrow" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/red-arrow1.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
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<td><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" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-stringer.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
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<td><strong>Scott Stringer</strong> might have trouble staying in the race at this point. The backroom chatter that he's running for comptroller is <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/10/what-exactly-is-scott-stringer-running-for/">almost cacophonous</a>, and rumors are spreading that he's already told supporters of this intention. When will we know for sure?<br />
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<td><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/red-arrow1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38686" title="red arrow" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/red-arrow1.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
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<td><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" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-liu.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
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<td><strong>John Liu </strong>never has a good week when the headlines are all things like "US Prosecutors Deny Effort to Make Up Case Against Liu" and "Feds Deny Effort to 'Manufacture' Corruption Case Against John Liu." But it could have been--and has been, in the past--worse.<br />
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's time for the latest installment of <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/10/city-hall-horse-race-chasing-christine-edition/" target="_blank">our weekly scorecard</a> rating how next year's potential mayoral candidates performed in the past seven days. This week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried to duck out of the battle when he <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/10/6538120/have-you-asked-bloomberg-about-his-would-be-successors-because-dont?politics-bucket-headline" target="_blank">unloaded on reporters</a> at a press conference and said he would no longer take questions about the 2013 mayoral contenders' proposals. Mayor Bloomberg's desire to remain above the fray could have a pronounced effect on his would-be-successors. Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio, of course, has no intention of being anywhere other than front-and-center in the nascent campaign and he <a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;gl=us&amp;tbm=nws&amp;q=%22john+liu%22#hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;gl=us&amp;tbs=sbd:1&amp;tbm=nws&amp;sclient=psy-ab&amp;q=%22bill+de+blasio%22&amp;oq=%22bill+de+blasio%22&amp;gs_l=serp.3...1667390.1669260.4.1669359.16.12.0.0.0.0.235.1078.10j1j1.12.0...0.0...1c.1.YnMI0RBz-9c&amp;pbx=1&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&amp;fp=fb921f782d429034&amp;bpcl=35243188&amp;biw=1366&amp;bih=600" target="_blank">continued to ride wave of publicity</a> from his tax-the-rich plan, which--even when <a href="http://observer.com/2012/10/de-blasios-bad-idea/" target="_blank">this paper</a> slams it--is still a winning issue, as it's aimed at helping little tiny children learn.</p>
<p><!--more--></p>
<p>Without further ado, here're our highlights:</p>
<table border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38682" title="green arrrow" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow1.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
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<td><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" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-quinn.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
<hr /></td>
<td><strong>Christine Quinn</strong> is lucky, Mr. Bloomberg will no longer be helping her lesser-known rivals perpetually pester him into public back-and-forths that inevitably raise their profile. Mr. Bloomberg is out and, consequently, Ms. Quinn is up.<br />
<hr /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38682" title="green arrrow" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-arrrow1.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
<hr /></td>
<td><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" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-de-blasio1.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
<hr /></td>
<td><strong>Bill de Blasio</strong> is lucky, because everything we wrote above is probably untrue. A Bloomberg spokesman <a href="http://www.ny1.com/content/170516/ny1-online--mayor-s-press-secretary-rejects-call-for-debate" target="_blank">went on TV</a> to decline a debate between Hizzoner and Mr. de Blasio, and Mr. Bloomberg himself has repeatedly discussed his antagonist's tax and education proposals.<br />
<hr /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/circle-arrows2.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38683" title="no arrrow" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/circle-arrows2.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
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<td><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" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-thompson.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
<hr /></td>
<td><strong>Billy Thompson</strong>, like Ms. Quinn, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443982904578045081593518780.html" target="_blank">backed off</a> his specific tax-the-rich proposal from 2009. It's not immediately clear what the endgame here is for Mr. Thompson, as the Democratic primary electorate surely favors that sort of thing. But fine, this time we'll wait to judge.<br />
<hr /></td>
</tr>
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<td><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/circle-arrows2.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38683" title="no arrrow" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/circle-arrows2.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
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<td><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" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-tom-allon.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
<hr /></td>
<td><strong>Tom Allon </strong>has hinted he might switch parties and run as a Republican, but the deadline to be able to do so without the blessing of the county GOP organizations is today. Mr. Allon didn't respond to multiple inquiries from Politicker about whether he's still a Democrat.<br />
<hr /></td>
</tr>
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<td><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/red-arrow1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38686" title="red arrow" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/red-arrow1.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
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<td><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" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-stringer.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
<hr /></td>
<td><strong>Scott Stringer</strong> might have trouble staying in the race at this point. The backroom chatter that he's running for comptroller is <a href="http://politicker.com/2012/10/what-exactly-is-scott-stringer-running-for/">almost cacophonous</a>, and rumors are spreading that he's already told supporters of this intention. When will we know for sure?<br />
<hr /></td>
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<td><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/red-arrow1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38686" title="red arrow" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/red-arrow1.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
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<td><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" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tiny-head-liu.png" height="92" width="92" /></a><br />
<hr /></td>
<td><strong>John Liu </strong>never has a good week when the headlines are all things like "US Prosecutors Deny Effort to Make Up Case Against Liu" and "Feds Deny Effort to 'Manufacture' Corruption Case Against John Liu." But it could have been--and has been, in the past--worse.<br />
<hr /></td>
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