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Manhattan of a lot of liberals in manhattan that never saw this coming. >> his campaign message running true with a lot of people that don't live on the upper east said. a lot of people struggling in the outer boroughs. >> four years ago thompson almost beat bloomberg. they count the votes. and it is. i talked to my friend in manhattan, i hear the exact same thing you do. you got to go out there to these other places and they are not as ecstatic with these kinds of things and you saw it in the election result. that happens. everything changes over. >> bloomberg pushed the limits of the law on ...

>> for whatever reason, it's fair game if that's what you want to do, that's great. but what bill de blasio has done is also run a campaign on saying there's two cities. in fact in some ways saying there's manhattan and the outer boroughs. i don't think new yorkers are looking for a mayor who wants two cities. they want somebody who's going to lead for everybody. so i think in the end that argument may end up hurting him. >> but that's not the message he's communicating. >> it absolutely is. >> you're making the same point that mike bloomberg made. he accused him of class warfare for talking a...

Shopping centers may fold as well. >> what do you think? is he going to do that? example of detroit, right, where there are 78,000 abandoned buildings, it is astonishing. shows you what happens when you get economic decline. >> it shows you poor peel can't catch break from the left. walmart is trying to give folks jobs. the left wants to give them food stamps. >> is that going to be an example for washington wash a? >> i hope so. >> what's that precedent? >> well -- chicago. >> detroit. >> this is one example. will are some other places. i believe new orleans was based with this. walmart event...

Chuck schumer has been questioned about it. he's not going to get in this one, even though weiner's gaining ground on quinn. >> the reality is weiner's campaign is built around his status as an outsider, and a shunned outsider as well. his whole brand is about coming from the outer boroughs, not embraced by institutions in new york city. that was his shtick. that was what made him rise to the top of the pack when he first ran for mayor a few years ago. it is absolutely a requirement this time around because there are very few people this time around endorsing him, especially, chuck shumer. the...

Most new yorkers live in the outer boroughs. working-class folks, who are struggling, this is a big part of the reality. needing to solve this problem and bring people into the mainstream this is the front part of the thee mattics of our campaign. >> >> anthony weiner, one of the bed rock pieces of his campaign, i will make new york city a middle class city. strengthening them in new york city. you talked about the middle class. vis-a-vis this immigration i.d. card and the realities of being in the middle class who is going to be the better champion for the middle class? are you scared at all ...