So Not Only Will We Get An Absurdly Expensive Campaign But A Dirty (Sorry, “Aggressive”) One As Well

Despite spreading around all that cash (“Mr. Bloomberg, the self-made billionaire founder of the Bloomberg financial information firm, donated $235 million in 2008, making him the leading individual living donor in the United States, according to a list released online on Monday by The Chronicle of Philanthropy”), the Mayor is kind of not in command of the mayoral election yet:

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is starting off this election year in the lead, but it’s not as wide of a margin as one might expect for the popular incumbent.

According to an exclusive NY1 poll, Bloomberg beats City Comptroller Bill Thompson by 13 points in a hypothetical matchup, but only wins reelection against Congressman Anthony Weiner by seven points.

It’s a sign the mayor will have to wage an aggressive campaign.

“He does have his work cut out for him because he is not at the comfortable 50 percent,” said NY1 pollster Mickey Blum.