Hank Sheinkopf Quotes (30 Quotes)

Whether Pataki makes good on his veto threat or not, the threat alone is a way to show Republicans in Washington he's no pushover for labor. During his last re-election campaign, he was heavily criticized for giving away the store to many unions. He'll never even be considered for national office if that impression sticks.

stinging rebuke of the incumbent. What it tells you is that the majority of Brooklyn prefer a change.

Using 'it could be great' hits the so-what problem, because it doesn't convey a sense of urgency for voters to do anything. There's no emotional potency. But that's the story of the Ferrer campaign.

Bloomberg has the edge today.

This is the first election in New York City history where the majority is minority.

She needs to do better with white Catholic men from the Midwest.

Michael Bloomberg wants to be a stimulator and a provider and to leave a city that has major development ongoing. It's business, business and business. He wants to force development and in doing so help the private sector in creating jobs.

This is another clear signal that George Pataki is positioning himself on the national stage to run for president.

He's an easy target. New Yorkers are centrist by nature. One has to presume Senator Clinton is a candidate for president and the strategic imperative here (in 2006) is to pile up big numbers.

They need an overwhelming argument saying that Towns is out of touch with the district, and they need money.

Because he's so conservative, it allows her to stay in the middle. Effectively, he shows up and she becomes a centrist. She couldn't have asked for someone better.

It's tactically smart. He knows he's not going to get on the ballot through the convention and he doesn't want to give it any credibility.

It's another way to fuel speculation, to see what the interest levels are. It's another step on the road to a formal declaration.

She needs to spend a lot of time in portions of the state who match the profile of those in the Midwest, which she will need if she runs for president in 2008. If she can win them over in New York, she can win them over in Ohio.

Andy Cuomo can't win on an even playing field because he is not qualified for this office. That's why he is dependent on a single powerful union.

It's normal for candidates to try to get their financial houses in order before announcing.

Incumbents are re-elected the vast majority of the time, so a challenger like Freddy needs an overwhelming emotion argument in his ads and on the street for why the mayor should be fired. Freddy never went negative, but he had nothing to go positive with, either.

Plan to see Sen. Clinton - post-2006 - spending a lot of time in the Midwest.

The fact that you do this kind of race gets you tremendous cachet because it's very hard to do. You can expect Anthony Weiner to loom large in city politics for some time to come.

Clearly, what he did at D.M.I. was to prepare for a mayoral run, and to sound out themes of a mayoral run. That's not unheard of, for people to find a sinecure while seeking public office.

Republican mayors are a response to a crisis. And what you find also is that Republican mayors tend to get re-elected because their management style reminds people of the original crisis they were elected to resolve.

It's an attempt to get her core fund-raising base energized and prepared for what will be a very serious attack to stop her from being president.

This would also be consistent with a strategy designed to run up high vote totals in New York in areas of the state where the right will try to tell people that she cannot perform well.

It's a continuation of the destruction of the Republican Party on Long Island - once in control of everything and now mostly in control of nothing.

That's the only news there is here'It's two women,' ... What else is there about her, really

Ten years ago, the idea that Robert Morgenthau wouldn't get The Times endorsement would be ridiculous. The outcome of the election will be an indication of the cultural shifts in this city.

It certainly surprises people that the governor and his wife and others would use that kind of language. It doesn't help him with Republican voters. He comes across as just another New York politician who doesn't share their values.

It's a lot of money. She has a reputation she commanded a high price. But this is not a presidential campaign. A typical amount is 12,000 to 15,000 for a campaign manager. For a consultant to do specific tasks, a lot less.

His job is to keep out of her view, and her job is to go after him. By not engaging her, she appears shrill, a voice screaming in the wilderness. It's tactically smart.

Snyder waged a tough campaign. But the edge usually goes to the incumbent in elections.