Citing a combination of factors - from Mayor Bloomberg's overwhelming financial advantage to his own desire to "build a family" - Rep. Anthony Weiner has officially bowed out of this year's mayoral race via an OpEd in the New York Times.
The news comes just hours after the Queens Democrats endorsed Comptroller Bill Thompson, giving him a clean sweep of the city's five Democratic county committees, and in the wake of a City Hall news report that Weiner had decided not to challenge Thompson for their party's mayoral nomination.
Thompson will have a hell of a time against Bloombo's $80 million, but this at least means Dems can avoid a potentially divisive primary, something Weiner specifically cited as he pledged to help Thompson.
