Yes, there may be a second act in political history for Anthony Weiner, whose political prospects seemed limp after resigning from Congress after a sexting scandal. Weiner is rising in the polls:
Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner has asked for a second chance in politics and, already, he is in second place.
A poll released yesterday found that not only is Weiner moving up in the race for New York City mayor, but that his position is growing more and more secure as he edges closer to Democratic frontrunner and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, D-Manhattan.
The poll, a survey conducted of 1,001 New York City between May 22 and May 24 by Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, shows that Weiner has now garnered 19 percent of the vote to Quinn’s 24 percent. In the same poll last month, Weiner had 15 and Quinn 26.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is now in third place with 12 percent followed by Bill Thompson with 11 percent, Comptroller John Liu at 8 percent and long shots Sal Albanese and Erik Salgado at 1 percent each. Twenty-three percent of voters remain undecided.
Trending matters in polling — and at this point you can bet some conventional wisdom will start to be swept under the rug. YES he has chance of becoming New York City’s mayor.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.