In New York City all summer the Democratic candidates for their party's mayoral nomination seemed to be more interested in talking to one another than to the electorate. Last week's primary ended the in-group dialogue and gave hope of a lively, hard-fought campaign in a city whose smothering problems challenge every ounce of brain and muscle its next mayor can muster.
Bypassing the favorite in a field of four, New York's Democrats nominated a feisty, folksy accountant, City Controller Abraham David Beame, 59. In the general election he will face the strongest...
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