Polling on the edge of single digits, mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio is now betting his support of the dual City Council bills that install an NYPD inspector general and expand the definition of police profiling, will now help cast him as the progressive alternative to not only Christine Quinn, but Anthony Weiner and Bill Thompson, as well.

From now on, every candidate that opposes the racial profiling bill is a Bloomberg puppet, according to de Blasio’s latest assertion.

Mr. de Blasio used some of his sharpest language yet, today, as he criticized the mayor Bloomberg for considering the use of his massive personal wealth to pressure council members into flipping their votes on the profiling bill, Politicker reports.

“This is déjà vu all over again, Michael Bloomberg threatening to use his power and money to subvert a City Council vote for his own purposes,” Mr. de Blasio told reporters at a press conference outside his Brooklyn campaign headquarters. “I emphasize, some of my Democratic opponents are aiding and abetting him in this process. Speaker Quinn voted against the racial profiling bill … That’s one of the greatest contradictions I’ve heard in a long time: She says she won’t help him pull more votes his way, but she’ll keep voting against it. So she is just as guilty as him.”

Mr. de Blasio quickly added that his “other Democratic opponents are only helping strengthen the mayor’s position” by stating their opposition to the bills. He specifically name-checked Mr. Thompson and Mr. Weiner.

“So the amount of contradiction and hypocrisy among the Democrats is astounding here,” he said.

Colin Campbell notes, however, that despite Mr. de Blasio’s claim that it is “abundantly clear” that Mr. Bloomberg will spend big bucks on Council races, the mayor himself has said no such thing. A New York Post source said he was “willing” to invest but did not promise to do so, and at a press conference this morning in the Bronx, he would not confirm his intentions.

(Jacob Kornbluh – YWN)