Few Want Bill DeBlasio to Run for President

Politico: “As de Blasio touted his liberal record in Iowa and South Carolina in recent weeks, nearly three dozen former and current aides, consultants and allies who spoke to Politico panned the idea or doubted that the mayor would end up going through with a run for the Democratic nomination. Aside from the few people working on the nascent effort, only two said de Blasio should run.”

“The idea of a de Blasio candidacy is ‘fucking insane,’ said one former aide, laughing out loud.”

“Another self-described friend of the mayor called the idea ‘idiotic.'”

“It’s a stark contrast to the typical dynamics of a presidential exploration, where aides and allies tend to egg on the potential candidate. Indeed, the strongest advocate for a de Blasio candidacy seems to be de Blasio himself.”