HUFFINGTON POST: The New York Times has endorsed two candidates in New York’s 2013 mayoral race: City Council Speaker Christine Quinn for the Democratic primary and former MTA head Joseph Lhota for the Republican primary.
It seems that picking a candidate to endorse from the Democratic field was no easy task for the paper’s editorial board. Anonymous sources told Politico on Friday that the board’s support was divided between Quinn and Public Advocate Bill De Blasio, “who is more ideologically aligned with the Times.”
The board nods to this tension in their endorsement, but ultimately singles out Quinn as the more practical choice. “Ms. Quinn inspires the most confidence,” they write, “that she would be the right mayor for the inevitable times when hope and idealism collide with the challenge of getting something done.” … (more)
