Judgment, Timing, and Luck

While luck and timing were never his friends, have they now joined forces to threaten de Blasio’s legacy? The story of a relationship gone awry

“So, what I found is, when I started running for mayor, it was just like, let’s get this over with. I am who I am, I’m not changing, it’s not like something I could change — I couldn’t fake it if I wanted to, it’s too deep in me. So, I just kind of came out with it. What’s amazing is people… they didn’t like my choice, but they did like my honesty.”

He was talking about his affinity for the Boston Red Sox on a sports radio show, but Bill de Blasio could have been discussing almost any area of his life.

Honest, but sort of obstinate; decent, but without the easy charm that comes naturally to other politicians.

He was mayor. Of New York. How hard could it have been to pretend to exchange the team of his youth for the Yankees?