I'm battling a Republican mayor who has no vision of where he wants to take this city, doesn't have any new ideas.

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[Fernando Ferrer, the former Bronx borough president, appeared at several black churches yesterday morning and issued a statement calling the Bush administration's response] shocking, inadequate and indefensible. ... we have a president and a federal government that have abandoned our cities.

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My kids are more important to me than my campaign. I'm not going to make it a campaign issue or a campaign promise.

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If we're going to pick somebody to defeat a Republican, we ought to pick somebody who's had success over the last four years in fighting and winning.

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I basically committed two years of my life campaigning for candidates, building relationships and supporting people all over the city.

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We've complied with every rule and regulation of the Campaign Finance Board, and we've documented and disclosed every nickel that we've spent — unlike this mayor.

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Look all we want is some guidance on what the rules are and they seem to be changing the rules in the middle of the process and we would just like to know what the rules are.

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I know we can do better.

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