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  Mayor Having Problem Finding A Political Party To Back Him
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Last EditedRBH  Jan 25, 2009 03:48am
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News DateWednesday, January 21, 2009 09:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionDespite overtures made by political emissaries of Mayor Michael Bloomberg to Queens Republican Party officials, the latter aren't the least bit inclined toward giving the mayor the GOP ballot line to run on for a third term, according to top sources in the organization.

At present, it looks like the borough's Republicans will back supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis as their candidate for mayor this year. As one top party official stated privately, "Most Republicans would rather lose with Catsimatidis than back Bloomberg."

At the same time, prospects for Bloomberg to get the Independence Party line for his third-term quest are also not promising. Officials in the New York City wing of the party have been staunch term limits advocates since that issue surfaced in the 1990s, and the mayor's successful effort to kill the limits so he could seek a third term pretty well put that organization's mayoral line beyond the mayor's reach.

Even the latest reported alliance between Bloomberg and upstater Tom Golisano to try to make the state Independence Party a major player on the state level will have no relevance on the city level, sources stated.
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