Bloomberg cannot possibly be this oblivious. From Azi's post here.

"Congestion pricing, said Bloomberg, 'was supported two-to-one in every poll'"

-- Someone give me some of what he's smoking. From a March 24 QPac poll, "New York State voters oppose 50 - 33 percent a proposal to reduce New York City traffic by charging a fee for vehicles driven south of 60th Street in Manhattan." The 2-1 number is if there were a guarantee that the proceeds would be used for mass transit, but 50% of the same people polled did NOT believe it would be used solely for mass transit. (http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1318.xml?ReleaseID=1162)

"'There were 40-odd Republicans,' he went on. "Their leader said he could deliver those votes."

--His leader said it because he knew that it wouldn't get to the floor and he thinks that by pandering to Bloomberg he will get some money. There were at least 12 Republican Assemblymembers that would have been crushed if they voted in favor of congestion pricing (11 from Nassau Suffolk, 1 from Staten Island). Even with all 42 Republicans, numerous Assemblymembers have said that the Democrats had enough NO votes (76) to kill the bill on the floor. If they had voted, the result would have been a bigger embarrassment for Bloomberg.

"And I think there has never been in the last 20 or 30 years a bill that got to the Assembly floor that wasn’t approved."

--There's a good reason for that. 99% of the time, the bill doesn't get out of the conference if it will be voted down. Also, when it seems that a bill will be voted down (2 examples I can think of the top of my head), the bill sponsor usually decides to pull the bill from the floor instead of being publicly embarrased. With over 10,000 bills every legislative year, it would be impossible for the Assembly to take a real vote on every single one. That's the reason there are committees and caucus conferences, so that bills that will not pass are filtered out of the system. To do otherwise would be an incredible waste of time. Bloomberg has his causation and effect backwards, the reason that no bill has failed to pass, is because bills that will fail are taken out of the system.

"The results would have been there. It would have been passed.”

--WRONG! That's the problem with being a multi-billionaire (or the heir of a billionaire who's elected governor and then caught with prostitutes). You're so used to getting your way, that even when you fail, it's impossible for you to see things as they are instead of how you want them to be. If the bill had gone to the floor, it would have been voted down, which would have been a much more embarrassing event for Bloomberg and those Council members that voted "YES".

Bottom line Mayor Bloomberg, it's time for you to realize your status as the lame duck that you are. This congestion pricing scheme has ruined your reputation in the outer boroughs and the suburbs, thus also ruining any gubernatorial aspirations you may have had. It's time to wait out your term and spend the rest of your life rehabilitating your reputation by using your money in philanthropy.

But look on the bright side, at least you're still better liked than Rudy Giuliani.