[via Quinnipiac University | Ferrer still short of 40% in NYC dem primary, Quinnipiac University poll finds; three others in horse race for second place]:

New York City likely Democratic primary voters give mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer 33 percent, short of the 40 percent he needs to avoid a Democratic primary runoff, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. The other Democratic contenders are in a horse race for second place, and a chance to be in the runoff, with 17 percent each for Council Speaker Gifford Miller and Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields and 16 percent for U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. Even among these likely Democratic voters, 16 percent remain undecided and 51 percent say they still might change their mind before the September 13 primary. And 44 percent of these likely Democratic voters say they will vote for Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg if the candidate they support does not win the primary.

Unfriggingbelievable. I am just flabbergasted by this. I really am. If there is anything that reflects the problems of the Democratic Party, from a local to national level, is this race. There is no unity, no desire for a Democratic Party win. What we have are four factions vying to undercut each other, and not interested at all to bring back New York City to the Democratic Party. More telling is the complete absence of intervention from the DNC. Nary a peep. Which begs the question : Do Democrats hate New York City? Or are they completely clueless about the city's political environment? In a recent study released by The Bay Area Center for Voting Research, New York City ranked 21 in their list of most liberal and most conservative cities in the United States. Let me state that one more time : New York City ranks 21 among most liberal cities. New York City trails in liberal voting patterns after Newark (#7) and Washington DC's (#4). Here's the top 10 :

1. Detroit, Michigan
2. Gary, Indiana
3. Berkeley, California
4. Washington, D.C.
5. Oakland, California
6. Inglewood, California
7. Newark, New Jersey
8. Cambridge, Massachusetts
9. San Francisco, California
10. Flint, Michigan

Which begs the question : What is the DNC doing to ensure New York City stays liberal and votes Democratic? Where is Hillary? Where is Bill? And where in the world is Howard Dean? Why haven't these people made it a priority to get out the Democratic vote in New York City and New York State?