Paladino buys airtime on all upstate networks for "major announcement" today.

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Paladino sure knows how to create publicity stunts.

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Hopefully he'll be dropping out of the race.

It's too late for that.

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Paladino's message will be: My personal life was controversial.  But why aren't people scrutinizing Cuomo as closely as me?  His "prowess is legendary."  Anyway, I don't want the campaign to be about that.  Why won't Cuomo debate me?  Please send money!

http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/new_york/Paladinos-message-to-NY-voters

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The ad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfqefoQZebg

Umm... Yeah...  Kind of bizarre.

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Hahah, I love this guy! And then the crazy woman at the end! Terrific, just terrific.

The logic of that fundraising at the end doesn't make that much sense to me unless they hope that grassroots money will translate into an increased activist volunteer base in a way that simply having Carl writing himself another check would not...because surely direct fundraising appeals on TV ad buys can't be effective, can they?

Yeah, that was the weirdest part - some little-known woman coming in at the end asking for money.   Maybe Paladino doesn't have as much money to spend as we think.

I hope this played better in Buffalo than it would Downstate.  The ad buy was primarily aimed at his base.

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Did it even air downstate?  I thought like 90%+ of the buy was north of the city

Perhaps on the News 12 Cablevision stations in the Bronx, Long Island and Lower Hudson Valley.  Otherwise, no.

Roger Stone is involved in the gubernatorial campaign of Spitzer's madam?  Interesting.  I smell a dirty trick.  (Then again, the name Roger Stone should suggest a dirty trick is in the offing).

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Paladino's message will be: My personal life was controversial.  But why aren't people scrutinizing Cuomo as closely as me?  His "prowess is legendary."  Anyway, I don't want the campaign to be about that.  Why won't Cuomo debate me?  Please send money!

http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/new_york/Paladinos-message-to-NY-voters

His prowess is legendary.... wtf?

In the clip Lunar linked, Roger Stone claims Paladino is Italian and was paying Cuomo a complement with that statement.  Yeah.  I don't know how Stone said that with a straight face.