Doug Muzzio
Doug Muzzio
charm charming
Actually, I think Rudy has more charm than Eliot.
dinner rather
I'd rather go to dinner with Rudy, wouldn't you? Rudy has more personality.
competent expecting period politics replaced somebody sort tribal voters
I think voters are expecting a competent mayor, somebody who can get things done and get them done fairly. We're in sort of a post-party politics period here, where the traditional tribal politics are being replaced by a competency model.
field mike playing standing top
Not only is the playing field not level, it's vertical, and Mike Bloomberg is standing on top of it.
desk dust
There was enough dust on his desk to have an archeological dig.
freddy giving news step
They're not giving Freddy a breath. They're not giving him one news cycle. They step on every one of his stories.
ceases chest dominating
What does he get out of it? He ceases to be irrelevant. There's chest thumping here. He's saying, 'I'm not irrelevant.' He's in the news. He's dominating the agenda.