Cuomo v. Teachout

[Simfan34]

http://observer.com/2014/09/wu-for-no-2/

The New York Observer just backed Wu for LG.

The Observer is a right-leaning paper, I'd say they're just trying to "stir up stuff" to give Cuomo a hard time and Astorino a better shot. No one on the editorial board would obviously want to actually see Teachout/Wu take power.

Also the idea of Cuomo winning the nomination on the backs of Hasidic votes is actually rather disturbing if you think about it, for a number of reasons.

He amped up his own personal ad spending -- they've decided not to even mention Teachout by name and are letting surrogates put down Teachout/Wu ('we don't know who these people are,' 'Teachout elevated Astorino in debate,' etc). They wouldn't dare run negative ads against her

If Cuomo were truly in trouble, he'd be savagely attacking Teachout as an inexperienced radical who would take New York backwards.  Instead, he is running positive ads touting his record and putting the public on notice that he backs Hochul for Lt. Governor.  He is sitting on millions of dollars in his campaign account.  Why not use it to try to run up the tally in the primary?

The obvious downside to this approach is that it would alert voters to the existence of an inexperienced radical challenging Cuomo in the primary.

[Simfan34]

How many of the registered NY Democrats live in NYC?

Who knows, maybe I can get a few people to vote for her.

[Simfan34]

How many of the registered NY Democrats live in NYC?

Who knows, maybe I can get a few people to vote for her.

You support a Teachout win in order to let Astorino have a chance to pull an upset?

Along those lines, but the last time I hoped for something like that to happen I ended up with Mayor Bill de Blasio...

[Simfan34]

How many of the registered NY Democrats live in NYC?

Who knows, maybe I can get a few people to vote for her.

You support a Teachout win in order to let Astorino have a chance to pull an upset?

Along those lines, but the last time I hoped for something like that to happen I ended up with Mayor Bill de Blasio...

who's now shilling for your party to hold the Senate. So it's not awful for you.

No, Cuomo isn't so bad. But I mean they elected Pataki, so why not...?

[Simfan34]

Who cares? Let him do what he wants. Insisting thst people be attracted to people of other races or be deemed racist is absurd. He's not saying it should be banned. Christ, whatever happened to "live and let live"?

Next thing you know you'll be calling us transphobic because we don't want to date men who have had gender reassignment surgery.