Polling for Dollars

So, what do you do if you're an incumbent mayor who is still way ahead in the polls, but you've got a few billion dollars around burning a hole in your pocket?

If you're Mike Bloomberg, you start playing dirty politics.

You start attacking Anthony Weiner, who has not even announced his candidacy for mayor--who, in fact, has implied that he probably won't run. You pretend that you're conducting a poll and then you spread propaganda about the guy who isn't even running against you.

That's the kind of campaign you run if you've got a billion bucks lying around. And it's why we need to dump this mayor.