Douglas Muzzio Quotes

Weld is an established guy and he's got credentials. He's got what boxers call a puncher's chance in this. - Douglas Muzzio

Voters understand that turning a bureaucracy like that around is like turning around a battleship. - Douglas Muzzio

Total anonymity is not in the mayor's best interest, and so you have this game of the known anonymous giver. But who can blame him: He's giving $100 million, so he wants a little credit, but he doesn't want to be seen as trumpeting his giving. - Douglas Muzzio

To do it legislatively is a big mistake. It's bad policy to explicitly overturn the judgment of the voters, and it's bad politics because they're going to get hammered, and rightly so. - Douglas Muzzio

This is really a comedy of errors and missteps for the candidate, the party, the consultants, everybody. Everybody wants an opponent like these guys. - Douglas Muzzio

There's no such thing as overkill. It's the law of the street. You put the other guy down and you kick him until he can't get up. Why take a chance? There are plenty of guys who have been 20 points up and have blown it. - Douglas Muzzio

There's got to be a little bit of redemption there. He knows he screwed up. - Douglas Muzzio

There is some truth to 'You've come a long way, baby... They're fighting it out on the premier media stage in the world. - Douglas Muzzio

There is a perception that he's trying to take advantage - and he is... But this is not a social tea, this is hardball politics, this is a bare-knuckle brawl in the real world. You do what you have to within the bounds of the law. - Douglas Muzzio

The flip side is that there are a lot of issues that are unresolved, such as overcrowding. But it doesn't seem as if the [Democratic] candidates have been able to put together a coherent, cogent and compelling critique of the mayor and a blueprint of what they would do differently. - Douglas Muzzio

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