Going to get interesting in New York City

A viable contender to Mayor Bloomberg -- from New York City's CBS affiliate:

MTA Chairman Joe Lhota To Run For New York City Mayor
CBS 2 has learned Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota will resign his post and run for mayor of New York City in 2013.

Highly placed sources in Gov. Andrew Cuomo�s administration and the MTA board told CBS 2′s Dick Brennan that Lhota will step down Friday and is expected to join the mayoral race for the Republican nomination.

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�He�d be exactly what New York City needs,� former mayor Rudy Giuliani told CBS 2′s Marcia Kramer on Dec. 6.

It was high praise from the man once dubbed �America�s Mayor.� Giuliani told Kramer he would love to see Lhota succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

�Could this guy be a great mayor? Yeah, absolutely. He�s got all the talents,� Giuliani said.

Lhota was at Giuliani�s side after 9/11 as first deputy mayor.

�He was with me for 40 straight days, 24 hours a day. So I saw him under pressure. He handled September 11th heroically, so it wasn�t a big surprise to me to see how well he handled Sandy with the MTA,� Giuliani said.

"exactly what New York City needs" indeed. Proven leadership instead of going after people's, guns, salt and soft drinks.