Critics of Anthony Weiner, one of the Democratic hopefuls for this year's New York City mayoral race, are hoping he'll eventually bow to public pressure and drop out of the race, but for now Weiner says he's in it to win it.
As USA Today noted, in just the second week of the New York City mayoral race, news of campaigns has been dominated by gossip over Weiner's repeated dalliances with sexting escapades, even after the behavior forced him to quit his position in Congress in 2011.
Another bombshell dropped over the weekend when Weiner's campaign manager Danny Kedem resigned from his position, apparently tired of dealing with overwhelming press regarding Weiner's sexual antics.
"You know, we have an amazing staff, but this isn't about the people working on the campaign," Weiner told reporters on Sunday, in response to the news of Kedem's resignation.
NPR reports that on Thursday, Weiner and his wife held a news conference to publicly acknowledge Weiner's most recent sexting scandal during which the candidate admitted to exchanging sexual messages with up to three women since last summer, a year after he resigned from Congress over a similar scandal.
"I can't tell you absolutely what someone else is going to consider inappropriate or not," Weiner told reporters.
As The Los Angeles Times reported, aside from losing his campaign manager, Weiner also lost his polling lead, according to an NBC 4 New York/Wall Street Journal/Marist College poll.
He now trails his Democratic rival City Council speaker Christine Quinn 25 percent to 16 percent for the party's nomination.
"I think clearly we've seen a pattern of reckless behavior and an inability to tell te truth," Quinn told reporters of Weiner.
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