For those who think that Scott M. Stringer, the Manhattan borough president, wants to play it safe by running for re-election, or perhaps for comptroller, rather than for mayor, consider this: he has just persuaded prominent national Democrats to join his 2013 campaign.
Two new consultants to Mr. Stringer, Jim Margolis and Anson Kaye, were part of the brain trust of former Representative Anthony D. Weiner, whom many considered to be the front-runner before he resigned amid a scandal over online messages. Another new consultant, Mark Mellman, was the lead pollster for the 2004 presidential campaign of Senator John Kerry and for the re-election victory of the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, in 2010.
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