The final vote total for Fernando Ferrer in last week's primary : 40.15%

So he won the primary outright after all and there would not have been a runoff even if Anthony Weiner chose to stay in the race. Hopefully this will eliminate any "woulda, shoulda, coulda"s that Weiner may have been pondering. Although I'm sure the loss still hurts. You know who is hurting right now? Gifford Miller. I saw him today and he looked DEPRESSED. Others were trying to cheer him up but he could not mask the forlorn expression on his face. It's a rough business, politics is. These candidates put their entire lives into an enterprise where their fate is out of their hands. Once the voters render their decision, the rejection can sting. Although the losers speak gracious words in their concession speeches, the defeat can be personally crushing. I know how it feels and that was just for school elections!

So now the general election has begun and it is Bloomberg vs. Ferrer. I just read that Bloomberg received the endorsement of a group of African American celebrities including none other than former Met Mo Vaughn! I'm not sure if that will be a positive endorsement for the mayor. Considering Fat Mo's horrible play for the Amazings, the mayor may not want to flaunt that one too much.

Currently reading... Tom Wolfe's "I Am Charlotte Simmons." 150 pages left to go and I'm digging it!