The New York Times reports that Brooklyn congressman Anthony Wiener may not run for mayor against incumbent Mike Bloomberg, who re-engineereed the city’s term limits law makien it possible for him to run for a third term. Weiner announced yesterday that he is going to take a wait-and-see approach and won't make an announcement until late spring.
that he would not decide whether to enter the race until late spring
Representative Anthony D. Weiner, who has raised about $6.6 million for
a mayoral race, said Wednesday that he would decide in May whether to
run.
His sudden — and very public —
ambivalence could significantly reshape the campaign. Mr. Weiner, 44, a
Democratic congressman, tireless political street-fighter and dogged
critic Michael R. Bloomberg. Bloomberg has been considered a threat to the mayor’s re-election.
If he leaves the field, what many had expected to be a spirited Democratic primary could dissolve into a placid affair, with William C. Thompson Jr, the city comptroller, easily winning the nomination in the fall.