Mayoral debate this morning on CBS

[robbedvoter]

Did anyone watch it? It was not announced anywhere - caught it by chance at 11 AM. Kurtzman, Marsha Kramer and a peepsquick from NYT were unbelievable rude to all, but the debate was pretty good.
I was considering voting for Anthony Weiner before (he's been a Clark supporter like me), but after watching them all, I switched to Gifford Miller.
I liked Weiner's idea of taxing millionaires, but the 'return to basics" and 'discipline' in schools sounded Bushistic to me.
I mostly resented Weiner's repeated "we lost 3 municipal elections and if we won't do A, B or C, we'll lose again. It was a refrain. Plus his support of faith schools. Ferrer - the usual slippery demagogue, Fields - lighter in content than I expected - although definitely the most personable (all men were quite obnoxious).

[robbedvoter]

1. GOP dirty tricks

" Just as his campaign was showing progress, Weiner was the target of a raucous noontime rally outside his campaign headquarters by several dozen members of unions that back Bloomberg.
They were protesting Weiner's remark in a debate Tuesday that "the city's labor leadership should hang their heads in shame" over their GOP endorsements.
More than three dozen demonstrators - who brought a 15-foot inflatable rat - carried placards saying, "Cheap Sound Bites Talk, Labor Walks," and chanted derisive slogans.
"I'm not sure what the protest was about," Weiner said. "They endorsed a Republican, a guy whose party has been fighting hard against working people from the moment they took office ."
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nycamp194389395aug19,0,3498834.story?coll=ny-nycpolitics-headlines

[iwantmycountryback]

2. My personal favorite is Weiner

I like his ideas and brashness. Of course I don't live in NYC so my opinion doesn't matter that much. Any Democrat that wins is gonna have a tough time beating Bloomberg. Bloomberg hasn't done that bad of a job, and if I lived in NYC it wouldn't be totally out of the question for me to vote for him.

[robbedvoter]

3. He was mine before this debate. I like his tax ideas (create a bracket

for millionaires) - and he was a Clark supporter. Also, from this NY Post article - he went to the first debate right after kidney stones extraction
http://www.millerfornewyork.com/press/081705_nypost.html
Also, according to my mailbox, Miller seems to be the only one reaching to grassroots.
One more thing: if Ferrer gets the nomination, I'll be staying home come Election Day.

[Chovexani]

4. Not impressed

I'm honestly sick of seeing the same old faces talking the same old, same old. We need some new blood in this city.

I will probably go with Fields even though there's no way in hell she'd ever get elected. It's about time we had a black woman as mayor and she has some good ideas. Well, she bugs me the least...if she doesn't get the nomination, I'm gonna have to hold my nose.