Is NYC Mayor DeBlasio being coy?

[Raine1967]

15. That is really interesting.

Seriously, I would say that no one in this group could disagree with much of the things that Sander's has said. I would be disingenuous if I said I was not a fan of Sanders. That said, I don't vote for candidates based on being a fan. I support candidates.

I still think he's being coy, and I don't mind that at all. It's really early for endorsements from such high profile people as DeBlasio. His not attending the kick off is telling.

I will say this, this paragraph doesn't help Ms. Clinton.

Some of Clinton’s supporters were furious at de Blasio’s stinging of the Democratic frontrunner. “It strikes me as surreal and bizarre that de Blasio will be missing in action this Saturday when the presumptive candidate of his party has chosen to launch her candidacy in his city and host her campaign headquarters in his home borough,” a New York City-based operative close to the Clinton campaign was quoted as saying to Crains NY.

Insert O'Malley when they mention Clinton and Rawlings-Blake when they mention DeBlasio. (NYC and Baltimore for that matter)

Here is the Article the link is quoting. http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20150610/BLOGS04/150609865

"Each of the candidates is beginning to address these issues," he said on CBS's "Face the Nation" Sunday. "I'm waiting to hear a fuller vision from each on how we’ll actually tackle income inequality." Asked if that included Ms. Clinton, whom he has known for several decades and whose 2000 Senate campaign he managed, the mayor said, "Absolutely."

The Associated Press reported Wednesday that the mayor's press secretary said he would not attend.

When questioned about whether an invitation had been extended to Mr. de Blasio to Saturday's rally, a spokesman for Ms. Clinton's campaign said he had no information. Some supporters were perplexed by the mayor's behavior.

"It strikes me as surreal and bizarre that de Blasio will be missing in action this Saturday when the presumptive candidate of his party has chosen to launch her candidacy in his city and host her campaign headquarters in his home borough," said a New York City-based operative close to the Clinton campaign.

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Much of the mayor's waffling has to do with his own national ambitions, namely his 13-point Progressive Agenda and his plans to host a presidential debate on income inequality later this year. As Mr. de Blasio sees it, he has to withhold his endorsement in order to remain a credible, unattached and authoritative voice in the national debate surrounding the politics of poverty.

Thanks for this, Koinos!