Stunner- Bill De Blasio surges pass Openly Gay Christine Quinn to lead NYC mayoral race

Christine Quinn didn’t do herself any favors with a lousy debate performance tonight.  She looked stiff and very unsure of herself.  Meanwhile Bill De Blasio came up smelling like a rose with a commanding showing that outclassed the Democrat field. 

New York Post reports in the latest sharp turn of the chaotic mayor’s race, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has surged to the head of the pack according to a poll released today.

De Blasio, who is running as the liberal antidote to Mayor Bloomberg, leapt to first place with 30 percent of among likely Democratic voters one month before the primary, the Quinnipiac Poll shows.

In second place is City Council Speaker Christine Quinn at 24 percent, followed by former City Comptroller Bill Thompson at 22 percent and former Rep. Anthony Weiner at 10. Comptroller John Liu is bringing up the rear with 6 percent.

The poll marks a stunning boost for de Blasio, who was once trailing Quinn, Thompson and Weiner and who did not get the unified bloc of labor support many insiders expected him to receive.

The previous Quinnipiac Poll released June 29 had Quinn at 27 percent, de Blasio at 21, Thompson at 20 and Weiner at 16.

Today’s poll shows de Blasio beating Quinn – the former frontrunner in the race – among women, 31-26 percent.

It also registers him as beating Thompson and Quinn in potential runoffs.

Longtime political consultant George Arzt, who does not work for any of the candidates, attributed de Blasio’s boost to Weiner’s slide after he publicly confessed in late July to sexting with additional women.

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