the mayor has been a major representative of this country, welcoming visitors, celebrated and not from around the world. we know their names well. we know them well. la guardia, john lindsay, ed koch, rudy giuliani, mike bloomberg. they are household names, not just in this country, but in the world at large. so the question of who stands out there representing not just new yorkers, not just democrats in many cases, but us is a question worthy of debate. tonight we have the front-runner for the office of mayor of new york city, city council speaker christine quinn. thank you, speaker quinn, for joining us. it s great to have you on the show. thank you. i don t think you re ready for this. maybe you ve been thinking about this. the public role of mayor of metropolis. yep. gotham, the big apple, the greatest city in the world. the center of the consciousness of the universe. how big a public role is that in the context of this sleazy thing we ve been talking about?
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greatest city in the world. the center of the consciousness of the universe. how big a public role is that in the context of this sleazy thing we ve been talking about? you know, it is an enormously significant thing. i mean, people look to new york every day for ideas, for inspiration, for motivation. there are children all over america and the world who go to bed at night dreaming that some day they ll get to live in new york city. so who leads this city? it matters first for the 8.4 million people here. but it matters for the world. and time and again i ve seen what we have done in new york replicated not just by other cities, but by other countries. about a month after we passed our smoking ban, the entire country of ireland implemented a smoking ban. we are one of the world s leaders, and that s why i want to be mayor, to make sure this city moves forward for the people here, but also as an