{"id":6703,"date":"2011-08-29T10:49:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T15:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/?p=6703"},"modified":"2011-08-29T10:49:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T15:49:55","slug":"quinn_pro_quo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/08\/quinn_pro_quo.html","title":{"rendered":"Quinn Pro Quo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The only satisfying thing about this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/10\/in_tough_times_it_is_probably_good_to_have_more_choices.html\">quid<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/10\/lauder_--_check_quinn_--_check.html\">pro<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/10\/enthusiastically_euthanasic.html\">quo<\/a> is the idea that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/08\/29\/nyregion\/in-private-bloomberg-backs-christine-quinn-as-successor.html\">he might be more toxic than 2000-era Clinton or 2008-era Bush<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>It is the worst-kept secret in City Hall. Michael R. Bloomberg has told almost everyone who asks &#8212; but only privately, so far &#8212; that he hopes the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, will succeed him as mayor in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>. . .<\/p>\n<p>Jamie McShane, a spokesman for Ms. Quinn, said, &#8220;She has never asked for nor has he offered his support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>. . .<\/p>\n<p>[. . .] Scott M. Stringer, the Manhattan borough president, said Mr. Bloomberg&#8217;s imprimatur might not be that desirable for Democrats. &#8220;Personally, I have great respect for the mayor,&#8221; Mr. Stringer said. &#8220;But &#8216;Bloomberg 3&#8217; has run its course.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only satisfying thing about this quid pro quo is the idea that he might be more toxic than 2000-era Clinton or 2008-era Bush: It is the worst-kept secret in City Hall. Michael R. Bloomberg has told almost everyone who asks &#8212; but only privately, so far &#8212; that he hopes the City Council speaker, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-see_the_thing_is_was"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6704,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703\/revisions\/6704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}