Bloomberg Campaign Can't Shake Term Limits Anger

[lord_feldon]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/ny...1&ref=nyregion

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s re-election campaign can generate reams of statistics on how quickly the city repaired potholes in each neighborhood. It can produce memos on climate change and public health, and even translate fliers into Creole.

Just don’t ask about term limits.

New York voters approved a referendum limiting council members and officials elected citywide to two four-year terms in 1993, and then ratified that vote in a second referendum in 1996. Mr. Bloomberg, in overturning the law, rewrote it through legislation that was approved by the City Council; critics and good-government groups said any change should have gone before the voters.

[Steve Eisenberg]

Googling:

Bloomberg Thompson poll

I find Bloomberg consistently ahead with no real trend. See:

NYC's Bloomberg well ahead in mayoral race: poll

Here's a big reason why:

Bloomberg Spares No Expense in Mayoral Race

There are many examples where rich people put a boatload of their own money into a race and lose it. However, I don't think there are examples where one candidate outspent the other by a ratio of 16 to 1, in a statewide or big city race, and lost. If there are, I would love to hear about it.

[PatYoung]

Bloomberg has been very popular among immigrants, but there has been a lot of criticism that term limits should have been changed by referendum.

Let's recall that Rudy tried to change the rules back in 2001 after running on a pro-term limit platform.