At Doctoroff Staffer's Party, An Obama Tree and Even a Republican

At a West Village party thrown by former Deputy Mayor and current Bloomberg L.P. president Dan Doctoroff's Chief of Staff Angela Sun, a Barack Obama tree made of tinsel and Mr. Obama lollipops is the grand prize. "I made the tree but I didn't make the lollipops--I had them made," said Ms. Sun.

Her boyfriend, Tom Brown, walked in and introduced himself; Ms. Sun informed us that Mr. Brown is a Republican. A real Republican? the Daily Transom wondered.

"Yes, he's a real Republican," she answered.

For his part, Mr. Brown wasn't very forthcoming about what he did for a living. "Nothing much," he said. "Well, investment management. And real estate management." (A Republican in investment management probably isn't the most popular character in town these days, we suppose.)

Mr. Doctoroff was not very forthcoming about his opinions of the election, but he was happy to share his thoughts about the current economic situation. "It's a real recession," he said. "It is a meaningful recession. It's going to get a lot worse before it gets bette,r but the long view is to understand history." Then Mr. Doctoroff mentioned every bubble that’s ever happened.

Does New York live off bubbles, we wondered?

"They’re not actually bubbles," said Mr. Doctoroff. "They’re bursts of innovation."

Okay!

The television sound in Ms. Sun's apartment is off. "I don't know what's going on--I've been just helping out with everything," said consultant Hattie Elliot, who lives in the West Village. "I talked to my cleaning lady today and she said, 'Don't worry, it's a good sign that his grandmother died.' I've been optimistimic all day because of that."

Constantine, a British employee of Mr. Bloomberg's, didn't know which color pen to pick for the election poll that Ms. Sun was running. "Red and blue mean completely different things here," he said.