20 Quotes by Doug Muzzio

He needs to throw the mayor off balance so people will look unfavorably at the mayor. He's got to get under the mayor's skin.

I think voters are expecting a competent mayor, somebody who can get things done and get them done fairly. We're in sort of a post-party politics period here, where the traditional tribal politics are being replaced by a competency model.

To a great extent, Giuliani is still St. Rudy. He's still riding high on 9/11, though when it comes down to it, he's going to have a tough time in the Republican primaries as a pro-gun-control, pro-gay rights, pro-abortion rights candidate.

What this says is that the Democratic Party is not a fully functioning party. It means that it has lost its base and some sense of its direction. One of the things that's going on here is a lot of soul searching. . . . There are discussions of the old tribal politics being replaced by competence and performance politics.

What does he get out of it? He ceases to be irrelevant. There's chest thumping here. He's saying, 'I'm not irrelevant.' He's in the news. He's dominating the agenda.

Bloomberg may not engage or inspire. But as CEO, he knows how to manage a situation and stay cool.

Actually, I think Rudy has more charm than Eliot.

You don't throw out a mayor who's got a decent-to-good record. You certainly don't throw him out in favor of an opponent who's got a less-than-compelling message.

There was enough dust on his desk to have an archeological dig.