Despite Troubles, Liu Keeps Moving Forward In Mayoral Race

Despite Troubles, Liu Keeps Moving Forward In Mayoral Race
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 30: New York City Comptroller John Liu (C) takes part in a march towards The Freedom Tower to be honored with fellow first responders by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on May 30, 2012 in New York City. The ceremony commemorates the 10th anniversary of the official end of clean up from the 9/11 attacks. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 30: New York City Comptroller John Liu (C) takes part in a march towards The Freedom Tower to be honored with fellow first responders by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on May 30, 2012 in New York City. The ceremony commemorates the 10th anniversary of the official end of clean up from the 9/11 attacks. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

John C. Liu is the most ubiquitous of New York City officeholders, with a voracious appetite for retail politics, ever smiling, hugging everyone he meets and sampling all the food along the way. He has been the brightest political hope of the city's fast-growing Asian-American community, which propelled him first onto the City Council, and then to citywide office as comptroller.

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