Kerrey: Not Running For Mayor

New School President, 911 Commission Member and former Senator Bob Kerrey yesterday confirmed that he is not running for mayor, leading one to wonder what purpose it served to say what he said the other day.

The Times article suggests that he may have had a Wesley Clark-esque problem in praising his potential opponent before damning him:

And though his potential candidacy had clearly excited some Democrats in the city, there was no clear groundswell of calls for him to enter the race – perhaps because he had potentially undercut his candidacy with positive comments about the mayor.

I wonder if this actually helps Bloomberg though — a feint by a presumably well-respected political figure to underscore the defects of the other candidates. Who knows . . .