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Five Items for Your Mayoral Run

Menino is out. And the next mayor is... you. Provided you sharpen your debate skills, rally your formidable base and pick up these essentials. Politics: all about the visuals.

FOR THE LEGS

Ministry of Supply’s Aero Slacks

You Require: Versatile backup pants for your campaign SUV in case of intern-related coffee spills.
You’ll Receive: These just-released slacks, specifically designed to stay cool during warm days (think: ventilated mesh pockets) with a brushed inner lining that feels like comfy sweatpants. Also: they don’t wrinkle. Huge for the trail.

FOR THE LATTE

Aerolatte Portable Milk Frother

You Require: Hot, steamy dairy for your pre-speech java.
You’ll Receive: A portable milk frother. Keep some 2% in the staff limo, pour it in a separate cup and use this to whip it into a frothy frenzy. Suddenly, that Folgers from the Teamsters meet and greet is latte-ready.

FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER

Blunt’s High-Wind Umbrella

You Require: A precipitation canopy that’s golf-caddie-approved.
You’ll Receive: An umbrella codeveloped by Tiger Woods’s longtime caddie, Steve Williams. Your handlers will use this to cover you in donor-contribution golf outings. Or just when you need shelter from rain and 70 mph gusts while maneuvering between outdoor podiums.

FOR SOME RELIEF

Small-Batch Tonic

You Require: Nerve-settling tipples after a bruising media skewering.
You’ll Receive: What amounts to concentrated quinine (the stuff that makes tonic “tonic”) sourced from the quinine-rich cinchona tree in South America. Mix it with dry gin from the hotel minibar for a soothing highball after your first 60 Minutes interview.

FOR HEARTS AND MINDS

An App for Fixing Potholes

You Require: A way to connect with constituents.
You’ll Receive: An app that lets users report rundown streets, potholes and graffiti directly to City Hall. Use it to check on what needs to be done in the neighborhood where you’re kissing babies. Never underestimate the power of cleanly paved roads.