Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota dismissed criticism of his campaign from members of his own party as sniping from clueless critics in the �cheap seats.�

�Comments from the cheap seats mean nothing,� Lhota shot back Sunday, according to The Daily News. �They�re not in my campaign, they don�t know what�s going on inside my campaign. You can�t spend any time thinking about what these guys are saying.

�Everything I�ve done in my life, whether it�s in the private sector or in the public sector, I�ve been doing things that most people think are impossible,� Mr. Lhota said.

Asked by reporters today to comment on The Daily News reports, Mr. de Blasio stood far from offering a verdict on his rival�s campaign.

�If you look at his campaign, it’s not for me to judge, but obviously the voters have not so far been impressed by the approach he’s taken,� he said.

(Jacob Kornbluh – YWN)