Listening to NY1 political reporter Grace Rauh’s description May 20 of Bill de Blasio’s hectic schedule the previous weekend flitting from Iowa to Nebraska to North and South Carolina in his first campaigning as a declared candidate for President, it was hard to shake the thought that it was a good thing he was still Mayor or he wouldn’t be getting any sleep at all.
Reaction among local media to his announcement May 16 that he would make his long-anticipated—if not eagerly awaited—entry into the race for the Democratic nomination ranged from derisive to overdone.
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