Summary
Murphy profiles mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer. Among other things, Ferrer is the early front-runner among the challengers, but that has brought intense scrutiny of his comments. And this time his candidacy has the look of a last shot-Although he will be only 59 in 2009, that year's Democratic field is likely to include Comptroller Bill Thompson, a strong candidate who will attract much of the black support Ferrer counts on. If Ferrer fails this year, he will be a three-time loser whose tenure in public office is fading deeper into memory.
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Finding Freddy
It's a rainy and quiet Sunday in Manhattan's East Twenties, except for inside the club-turned-political arena Wonderland, where the Democrats running for mayor are gathered for yet another of theirf requent Q&A sessions. The room is dark, packed with the youthful supporters of City Council Speaker Gifford Miller. An outsider candidate-he wasn't invited to the forum but showed up anyway to denounce the other candidates as "robots"-has just been ushered out. Ice is clinking behind the bar when a guy in a tie and spectacles, looking a tad out of places amid the chic red lamps and the Che Guevara poster, gets up to make his case.
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