Some Speculation about a Possible Weiner Run: Announcement Tomorrow?
Anthony Weiner, http://weiner.house.gov
Back in March, Rep. Anthony Weiner announced that he was reconsidering his run for Mayor. Since then there has been a good deal of speculation regarding whether or not he’ll run. Nobody else is reporting on it, but I think he might be announcing his decision tomorrow or next week.
Earlier today I got a call from the Friends of Anthony Weiner campaign office inviting me to a speech he’s giving tomorrow. The subject? Transperancy in the NYC and Federal Budget. The location? Out of his Queens/Brooklyn district, in midtown Manhattan.
When I informed the campaign staffer that I could not attend, he told me that Weiner would also be giving another speech next week, on the 18th, and asked me to bring friends.
These speeches come right after Weiner has gotten a lot of good press regarding his role in reopening the crown of the Statue of Liberty. If he is running, he might be trying to ride the good publicity wave into his announcement.
There’s plenty of reason to believe that these are just speeches and nothing more–the Facebook event page lists Weiner’s Congressoinal e-mail address as a contact number. But he is at least using his campaign office to invite people via phone, and one has to wonder about the timing, the fact that the event is outside of his district, and the fact that he continues to discuss City issues if he has decided not to run.
Of course, a lot of this could be coincidence, but if you can’t do some unfounded speculation on a blog, where else can you do it? Also, it’s important to note that I’m not saying that if he announces tomorrow that he’ll be announcing his entry into the race–he may be announcing that he won’t run this year. The profile of Weiner in the latest edition of New York Magazine seems to indicate that he won’t run this year, but who knows?
If anyone wants to go see Weiner announce his decision (or not announce his decision), here are the event details:
City Hall and Congress Without Walls
Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 12
CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th Avenue, 9th Floor Conference Room
Note: I volunteered at the firm that does fundraising for Weiner in February and March, but I did no work for the campaign and I no longer volunteer for the firm. I know nothing more than I have written here, which isn’t a lot.
Tags: announcement, Anthony Weiner, bill thompson, bloomberg, campaign, city hall, may 12, mayor, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, Term limits, tony avella, weiner
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