Not the pundits. Not the pollsters. Not the power brokers.
The voters will decide.
Because in New York, that's just how we roll.
Whether on a Harley-Davidson Fat Boy, a Citi Bike or Hunter's Skateboard,
be sure to get to the voting booth
on Tuesday, September 10.
Because we have an election to win and #OneCity to change!
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE: "Campaigning on Staten Island, Democrat Liu plans a Tuesday surprise for pollsters, pundits" - 9/7/2013
EXCERPT - "On Tuesday, we're going to defy the pollsters and the pundits," he said. "The Staten Island victory is going to be the sweetest for me."
Liu, who was joined by his wife, Jenny, and son, Joey, has made numerous stops in the borough during the campaign, and has a cadre of strong supporters here.
A former motorcycle rider, Liu stopped at Lombardi's Harley-Davidson dealership on Bay Street, telling owner Michael Lombardi that he had to give up his bike when his son was born.
Lombardi told Liu that it was getting harder to stay in business in the city. "It's one inspection after another," he said.
"We have to help people like you," Liu told him.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: "A Citi Bike ride with mayoral candidate John Liu" - 9/4/2013
EXCERPT - John Liu does not stop. By his own estimation the candidate has attended more than 200 mayoral forums since he joined the race for mayor, and will sometimes campaign all five boroughs in a single day.
Our Citi Bike ride was no different. Whereas other candidates have opted for a ride around a childhood home or an easy pedal up the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Liu asked that we meet at a Citibike station at Macon Street and Nostrand Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant -- the station furthest away from our destination in midtown, Manhattan, six miles away.
True to form, Liu had scheduled his next meeting exactly one hour later, and the guy intended to make it on time.
"It’s been an interesting ride for me," he said as we sped along Dekalb Avenue toward the Manhattan Bridge. "Every imaginable curve ball thrown at me these past few years… but at end of day the voters will decide, not the pundits, not the pollsters, not the power brokers, the voters."
TPM VIDEO: "NYC Mayoral Candidate Rides Reporter’s Skateboard" - 8/10/2013
EXCERPTS - New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate John Liu grabbed this reporter's skateboard and took it for a brief ride outside the They Might Be Giants concert at the Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn Saturday night.
Liu was standing outside the event greeting voters and asked to borrow TPM's skateboard. Though he was wearing dress shoes, Liu, who was an avid skater in his youth, jumped on the board and proceeded to do a rapid series of turns.