New Quinipiac Poll Shows deBlasio With A Commanding Lead

You know how I feel about polls - grain of salt, yadda yadda.

But this is nothing if not encouraging:

With 13 days until the primary election, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio surges ahead of the Democratic pack for New York City mayor with 36 percent of likely voters, close to the 40 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is at 21 percent, with 20 percent for former City Comptroller William Thompson, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner has 8 percent of likely Democratic primary voters, with 6 percent for City Comptroller John Liu, 1 percent for former Council member Sal Albanese and 8 percent undecided.  Now, a year ago I couldn't tell you with certainty who would win the primary.  But what was always obvious to people actually paying attention was the gross overstatement of Chris Quinn's support.