Room Eight (Free subscription) | yesterday
The following is a quote from David Seifman's New York Post column of this morning: Mayor Bloomberg 's campaign crew's excuses for his shockingly close 4.6 percentage-point win over Bill Thompson go something like this: * No matter that we consistently told everyone publicly he was leading by double digits, we knew that it was going to be very close. We did this to hurt Thompson's...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
When Bill Thompson took the stage Tuesday night for one of the most cheerful concession speeches in recent memory, the cast of characters around him told the story of his failed campaign - the people who were there, and the people who weren't.
Politik Ditto (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
NYPost.com : The city's first African-American mayor yesterday blamed the country's first black president for leaving Bill Thompson in the dust in the mayoral race. "The president should have done more. He found time to go to Virginia, he found time to go to New Jersey and he should have been here," ex-Mayor David Dinkins told The Post yesterday. Dinkins, who held office from...
The Daily Transom (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Eliot Brown snapped a photo of what might have been for Bill Thompson. (In fairness to the pundits, the polls also had Mr. Thompson as quite an underdog.) You can see the other laptop here. And Eliot's story on the near-victory party is...
The Kiosque (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Thursday 5 November | The Suttie Centre, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill (map) | 8pm | Free (Donations) Tonight! German composer/percussionist Burkhard Beins (wikipedia bio) and Aberdeen-based experimental electronica bod Bill Thompson play a selection of weird and wonderful instruments in the unusual but promising surroundings of The Suttie Centre in Foresterhill. Part of the Sound...
Webcastr (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Despite his loss, Bill Thompson vow to work for the betterment of New York City.
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
City Comptroller Bill Thompson has no regrets about his mayoral campaign or his narrow loss, telling the Daily News , "I just stopped [the what if thoughts]. That's not helpful. When I woke up Wednesday, I would have liked to have woken up having won. But I was proud of the campaign." (Still, others are what-if-ing .) He is meeting with Mayor Bloomberg next week and said of...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The city's first African-American mayor yesterday blamed the country's first black president for leaving Bill Thompson in the dust in the mayoral race. "The president should have done more. He found time to go to Virginia, he found time to go to N...
Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
New York City – The most nagging question among Bill Thompson’s supporters on Wednesday is this: What if fellow Democrats had actually backed – rather than abandoned – him? In the end, despite polls showing him trailing by 18 points in the final days of the campaign, Thompson lost to Mayor Bloomberg and his $100 million [...]
New York Post (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
ALBANY -- A union leader yesterday said Democratic Bill Thompson could have won Tuesday's surprisingly close mayoral election if Gov. Paterson had backed an aggressive attack on Mayor Bloomberg. Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale...
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is taking nothing for granted as New York City voters decide whether eight years is enough. Bloomberg is making a bid for a controversial third term against Democratic challenger and NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson. Mayor Bloomberg walked into P.S. 6 on E. 81st Street Tuesday to cast his ballot for the man he thinks should run the city for the next four years. Challenger...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
President Obama's brain trust on Wednesday floated a raft of excuses in answer to complaints that he didn't lift a finger for vanquished Democrat William Thompson.
NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
President Obama's brain trust on Wednesday floated a raft of excuses in answer to complaints that he didn't lift a finger for vanquished Democrat William Thompson.
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The most nagging question among Bill Thompson's supporters on Wednesday is this: What if fellow Democrats had actually backed - rather than abandoned - him?
ABC News (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Comptroller Bill Thompson concedes mayoral election to Michael Bloomberg.
