De Blasio Wins Praise For Debate Appearance [POLL]

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio received some praise after his appearance on the first night of the Democratic presidential debates. He came across as unapologetically progressive, and he took others to task for some of their views.

De Blasio was literally on the left most part of the stage, from the audience's perspective, at the end of the row of 10 candidates picked at random for the first of two debate nights.

He was asked more questions than Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, but that isn't saying much since Inslee was asked the fewest questions.

GOP candidate for NYC public advocate Joe Borelli tweeted that he thought de Blasio was doing well in the debate because he was not afraid to give controversial answers.

Borelli called it a "smart tactic for a 1% poller."

"Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough called de Blasio "A street fighter!" on air, the New York Times said.

A Quinnipiac poll on the mayor of New York released in April found that de Blasio had a 42-44 percent job approval rating, not too much changed from 43-40 rating in a Dec. 2018 survey.

One striking result from the April survey was whether New York City voters thought he should run for president. They overwhelmingly said "no" — 76 percent to 18 percent — with "every listed party, gender, racial, borough and age group" agreeing he should not attempt a run for the White House.

No matter, de Blasio was ranked as one of four winners of the first debate by Vox.com, joining Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former HUD secretary Julian Castro and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker.

So what do you think of de Blasio's run for president. Vote in our unscientific poll and leave a comment.