Norman goes where no other candidate has gonen (in this race):

[via Ad in Public Advocate Race Is Critical of 9/11 Rescue Effort - New York Times]:

Norman Siegel, the civil rights lawyer and candidate for the city's public advocate position, will present a campaign ad on television this evening featuring family members of victims of the World Trade Center attack, his campaign said yesterday.

The ad will be shown five times this week on NY1, the local news cable station, and will include family members who credit Mr. Siegel for helping them expose communications failures and safety issues during the Sept. 11 attack.

In the ad, the family members also express frustration with city officials, characterizing them as indifferent to their concerns.

It is the strongest attack in Mr. Siegel's campaign against the incumbent, Betsy Gotbaum whom he has repeatedly called ineffective. The five-day effort is costing his campaign $8,000.

I'm so weird. The first thing I thought about this piece of news was "Wow! $8K for a TV ad? What kind of rotation is that?". But then again, ads on this blog are much cheaper.

Heh.

On another note : Don't you get the feeling Gotbaum is on the way out? I hate to say this but the most interesting city-wide race in NYC right now is the Public Advocate's race and I feel that race is only between Siegel and Rasiej.

Gotbaum? Not in the picture.

[ OT: WTFITP with Siegel's Blog? Ok. So he doesn't write it. Fine. Anonymous? For a campaign? I don't think so. Anonymous candidate blogging, paid or otherwise, is just not cool. The rules of the game are very different for candidate bloggers. You are better outing yourselves than being outed in the future in a conflict of interest situation. Trust me. It has happened before. ]