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.
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.
Weiner is showing he can't be pushed around and that's a fine thing, but Kruger ... tries to settle all scores behind the scenes. That's the way politics works in that part of Brooklyn.
He showed himself to be a wartime leader. He rallied the people and he didn't buckle.
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.
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.
She needs to do better with white Catholic men from the Midwest.
stinging rebuke of the incumbent. What it tells you is that the majority of Brooklyn prefer a change.
Snyder waged a tough campaign. But the edge usually goes to the incumbent in elections.
The mailing issue injured him tremendously. Because while he was beginning to get some voter recognition, it became more negative than not. It wasn't helpful.