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October 19, 2009
Calling it, for Thompson
Columbia Spectator
by Al Benninghoff
Adventures in phone banking.
Phone banking for Thompson, however, is quite a different experience.
No one that answered the phones hadn’t heard of Bloomberg. It would be hard not to. He’s spent $60 million on his campaign so far, with plans to spend another $60 million in these final weeks. He’s bought so many advertisements that people are beginning to complain that it’s overkill, but when you call voters, you can tell that the commercials’ contents are beginning to sink in. The people I was calling were spouting rhetoric found not only in his commercials and on his fliers, but in the articles that have churned out weekly covering the campaign. There are a few constant themes.
...#3. Bloomberg is a businessman who has brought huge economic development projects to New York.
He’s made some big promises, but most of the big ideas Bloomberg touts never get off the ground. Ground Zero is still just a hole, the West Side Stadium project was a dud, and the Atlantic Yards project seems to have stalled.
Posted by eric at October 19, 2009 11:54 AM