Is Bill de Blasio in a 'secret bid' to run against Hillary Clinton?
So says veteran political reporter Fredric Dicker, citing an anonymous Democratic Party operative:
While the mayor of New York City has notably declined to endorse Clinton, he was the campaign manager for her successful Senate campaign in 2000, which would make a presidential run against her awkward to say the least.
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