New York City Mayor: Christine Quinn 24%, Anthony Weiner 18%

2nd place but primary is not 'til September 10th.

 

rasmussenreports
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner has officially entered the race to become New York City’s next mayor. The first step is the September 10 Democratic primary, and Weiner starts out in second place behind City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. The survey of 745 Registered Democrats was conducted on May 21 and 22, 2013. Christine Quinn 24%, Anthony Weiner 18%. Weiner announced his entry into the race early on the morning of the 22nd

In his new ad released yesterday, Weiner talks about the middle class and has plenty of scenes of him with his wife. (Screen grab)


He talks about second chances (similar to the first Mark Sanford ad) in this new spot and points out all the connections his family has to NYC. Not a bad first web ad from a campaign viewpoint.

WATCH: Code Pink Leader Shouts at President Obama During Speech

Code Pink's Medea Benjamin 5/23/13 (Getty)

Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama's solemn remarks on drones and counterterrorism were interrupted at length Thursday by a protester who loudly advocated for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison – the same position Obama was stressing in his speech.

The woman shouting was identified as peace activist Medea Benjamin of the group Code Pink, whose members have been loudly interrupting congressional hearings and official speeches for years.

"You are commander-in-chief – you can close Guantanamo today," Benjamin shouted during a portion of Obama's speech in which the president outlined changes in policy that included an all-out push to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba. She later yelled, "It's been 11 years!"

Close-up video of the protester


Code Pink tweets

Reporter on IRS Scandal: Doesn't the Buck Stop with Pres.? Shouldn't He Have Known? Pelosi: Well, We Don't Blame John Boehner, This Happened in His Neighboring District in Cincinnati

OMG.

Here's video from her weekly presser today

Video: Inside the Elementary School When the Tornado Hit

Teacher at Briarwood Elementary records moment of impact on her cell phone. Screaming, horror and destruction captured on video

Watch.

KMART Releases New Ad: "Big Gas Savings," Sequel to "Ship My Pants" Commercial [Video]

'Big Gas Savings' sounds a lot like 'Big A** Savings'

New one from Kmart. Brilliant.



Brilliant because the last ad like this, 'Ship My Pants' was watched on YouTube 17,000,000 times, not to mention all the free airtime it got on cable news.

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus: You Don't Plead the 5th if You're Innocent

Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said Thursday that embattled IRS official Lois Lerner did more harm than good when she opted to invoke the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions at a House committee hearing on the agency's targeting of conservative groups.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Priebus said that pleading the fifth "implies there are some criminal aspects" of the IRS scandal. John Heileman, a writer for New York Magazine who was sitting on the show's panel, cried foul at that characterization.

"But you don't need to plead the fifth if you've done nothing wrong," Priebus said. "That's not true. That's not what the Fifth Amendment says," Heileman retorted.

Lanny Davis on IRS Scandal: 'I Haven't Seen Anything This Incompetent Since Watergate'

Davis: 'Can you imagine sitting around in the White House saying, so we have this IRS train wreck coming down the track'....

President Obama's Prom Photo Unearthed

Photo 1979


The havoc time wreaks on fashion spares no one, not even the president of the United States.
In a newly unearthed photo published Thursday in TIME magazine, a 17-year-old Barack Obama is seen wearing a white dinner jacket as he poses with friends on the night of their senior prom in Hawaii.

The 1979 photo was snapped inside the home of former classmate, Kelli Allman, who was the prom date of the president's close high school friend, Greg Orme. The fourth person in the picture is Obama's date, Megan Hughes.

Allman said the two couples sipped Champagne before going to the dance, and then an after-party.
"It was a really fun, happy time. We were all cracking up and everyone was smiling," she told the magazine.

Allman also gave TIME a snapshot of Obama’s yearbook entry to her.
“You are extremely sweet and foxy,” he wrote. “I don't know why Greg would want to spend anytime with me at all! You really deserve better than clowns like us; you even laugh at my jokes!” (NBC Today)