{"id":14853,"date":"2017-07-29T19:36:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T23:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14853"},"modified":"2017-07-29T19:36:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T23:36:33","slug":"12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14853","title":{"rendered":"12%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With an overwhelming Democrat enrollment advantage, the chances of a Republican knocking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdeblasio.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill de Blasio<\/a> out were going to be slim at best.<\/p>\n<p>Early on, I thought <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masseyformayor.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Massey<\/a> might at least make a respectable showing based upon his ability to raise a lot of money.\u00a0 He did raise a lot and then promptly blew it, causing him to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/06\/28\/nyregion\/paul-massey-new-york-mayors-race.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drop out of the race<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP establishment got behind <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicolemalliotakis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis<\/a>, who <a href=\"http:\/\/brooklynreporter.com\/story\/conversation-mayoral-hopeful-assemblymember-nicole-malliotakis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decided to alienate everybody<\/a> by supporting both the SAFE Act and stop-and-frisk.<\/p>\n<p>The result of this?<\/p>\n<p>She currently polls <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/2017\/07\/poll_malliotakis_with_12_of_vo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just under 12%<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D14853&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14853\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14853\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14853\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With an overwhelming Democrat enrollment advantage, the chances of a Republican knocking Bill de Blasio out were going to be slim at best. 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