…in New York City’s mayoral election, two weeks from tomorrow, is getting even more blow-out-ier. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the (nominally) Republican incumbent, is facing Fernando Ferrer, the hapless Democratic nominee. The most recent poll had Bloomberg up by 27 points. Now today comes the news that should seal the deal forever. According to national stats, New York City alone is responsible for 20 percent of the overall national crime drop from 2001 to 2005. Bloomberg was mayor from 2002 onward. New York is not only the safest big city in America, it’s the safest of the nation’s 25 largest cities. Ferrer hasn’t come up with a single effective line of attack on any aspect of Bloomberg’s record, and he only has 14 days to rachet one up. Ain’t gonna happen. In 1997, Rudy Giuliani won a landslide reelection with 57 percent. The question now is not whether Bloomberg can match that win, but by how large a margin he can best it.
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