re: Ya know, TB...
"...you might get away with denigrating it as mere paranoia if all we were doing is guessing what was in Rudy's head. But this is about his declared intention to cut a deal with the mayoral candidates to disregard the will of the voters. No imagination required; no paranoia. He didn't realize his ambition, but that hardly means he didn't harbor the ambition."
I didn't see any mention of Rudy saying he was cutting any kind of specific deal with mayoral candidates. Without even getting to any details of a particular deal in which he would somehow get the mayoral candidates to disregard the will of the voters.