Weiner campaign chatter grows online
Things are still hush-hush
Speculation about Anthony Weiner formally entering the mayoral race increased on the web during the past week, especially as camera crews on Thursday caught the former Brooklyn-Queens congressman making what appeared to be a campaign video on the stoop outside his childhood home in Brooklyn.
Politico and Capital New York both remarked on the presence of high-powered campaign consultant Jim Margolis during the shooting. However, according to both blogs, Margolis and his political consulting firm, GMMB, would not be joining the campaign. Margolis, it was reported, was just there to help Weiner as a friend.
Weiner himself told The Daily News, in an impromptu interview on Wednesday, that he would decide soon about the race. To a group of photographers who were following him, he said, mysteriously, “Live by the sword, die by the sword.”
Crain’s New York Business also reported that Morton Avigdor, the former head of Jewish outreach for Weiner, had been in talks with Weiner about his expected mayoral campaign. Avigdor said on Friday, however, that it was not official, and he had no news about the campaign kicking off next week.