Former Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford, known more for centrist posturing than progressive advocacy, has been mulling a run for Kirsten Gillibrand's Senate seat, so the New York Times decided to profile him. Reading the result feels like you're watching an episode of Dexter:
Speaking from a conference room at New York University, where he is a teacher, Mr. Ford, 39, expressed enthusiasm about his new hometown, though he described a life quite different than most New Yorkers. On many days, he is driven to an NBC television studio in a chauffeured car. He and his wife, Emily, a 29-year-old fashion executive, live a few blocks from the Lexington Avenue subway line in the Flatiron district. But Mr. Ford said he takes the subway only occasionally in the winter, to avoid the cold when he cannot hail a cab.
Asked whether he had visited all five boroughs, he mentioned taking a helicopter ride across the city with fellow executives, at the invitation of Raymond W. Kelly, New York City’s police commissioner. “The only place I have not spent considerable time is Staten Island,” he said, adding that “I landed there in the helicopter, so I can say yes.”
What, they didn't accompany him on a visit to the money bin for a swim?
-- A. Serwer
