New York Governor- 2014- Astornio vs Cuomo

[Miles]

The rent is still too damn high.

McMillan is running again.

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Really?

Probably socons mad about marriage or drugs or guns (mostly the latter). Or else the polarised GOP base who say that about anyone with a (D) in front of their name.

[publicunofficial]

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Really?

Probably socons mad about marriage or drugs or guns (mostly the latter). Or else the polarised GOP base who say that about anyone with a (D) in front of their name.

Yeah there's a solid portion of the electorate that will describe any Democrat as a liberal, and any Republican as conservative. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are both moderates, but many liberals would call Romney a conservative and many conservatives would call Obama liberal.

[traininthedistance]

The rent is still too damn high.

McMillan is running again.

Well I know who I'm voting for this November.

[SWE]

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Really?

Probably socons mad about marriage or drugs or guns (mostly the latter). Or else the polarised GOP base who say that about anyone with a (D) in front of their name.

Yeah there's a solid portion of the electorate that will describe any Democrat as a liberal, and any Republican as conservative. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are both moderates, but many liberals would call Romney a conservative and many conservatives would call Obama liberal.

How is Romney a moderate?

[Maxwell]

Romney isn't an anything. He's a human etch-a-sketch.

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Cuomo is far more vulnerable in the primary or to a 3rd party liberal candidate then some Republican.

[TX Conservative Dem]

Would 2014 be Cuomo's last campaign for NY State Governor?

A. Yes: he saw what happened to his father in 1994
B. No

[SWE]

Would 2014 be Cuomo's last campaign for NY State Governor?

A. Yes: he saw what happened to his father in 1994
B. No

Unless he's nominated for a cabinet position by Hillary, no

[henster]

Would 2014 be Cuomo's last campaign for NY State Governor?

A. Yes: he saw what happened to his father in 1994
B. No

If Hillary doesn't pick him for any cabinet positions if she wins in 2016 then I could see Cuomo going for a third term he doesn't have anywhere to really go in NY. But I don't expect a free ride for him in a primary if he wants to run again.

[ElectionsGuy]

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Really?

Probably socons mad about marriage or drugs or guns (mostly the latter). Or else the polarised GOP base who say that about anyone with a (D) in front of their name.

Yeah, 35% is the GOP base in NY.

[TX Conservative Dem]

Plus Schumer and Gillibrand have those U.S. Senate seats for life, so Cuomo is stuck.

Poor guy!

[free my dawg]

Plus Schumer and Gillibrand have those U.S. Senate seats for life, so Cuomo is stuck.

Poor guy!

Poor New York. I pray they renominate Cuomo for HUD or something.

[SWE]

Plus Schumer and Gillibrand have those U.S. Senate seats for life, so Cuomo is stuck.

Poor guy!

I'm pretty sure is it's New York, not Cuomo, you should be feeling sorry for.

[Miles]

Bob Duffy isn't running again as LG.

[Badger]

Would 2014 be Cuomo's last campaign for NY State Governor?

A. Yes: he saw what happened to his father in 1994
B. No

New York's electorate has changed just a tad since 94.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Would 2014 be Cuomo's last campaign for NY State Governor?

A. Yes: he saw what happened to his father in 1994
B. No

New York's electorate has changed just a tad since 94.

There were telltale signs that the elder Cuomo was slipping in 1990; he won an easy election, but that's because there was a Conservative Party candidate who almost edged out the Republican nominee for 2nd place.  Mario Cuomo only got 55% of the vote that year, but this was masked because he was over 30 points ahead of the 2nd place finisher (who was only a hair ahead of the 3rd place finisher).

There would have been a collective panic attack if the Conservative Party candidate got more votes than the Republican candidate in 1990 because of the ramifications in NY's election laws.  NY's Boards of Election are "mirror image"; there is a person in each position who is from the top vote-getting party and a person in an identical position from the top vote-getter in the 2nd leading vote-getting party.  By "vote-getting", I mean GUBENATORIAL vote, and I mean PARTY vote.  In NY, candidates are often the nominees of more than one party; their names appear more than once on the ballot, and the same candidate could be the candidate of the Republican and Conservative parties.  If the Conservative nominee had finished 2nd in the total vote in the 1990 Gubenatorial election in NY, EVERY ONE of the Republican appointees to the Boards of Elections in NY State would have been tossed out and replaced by registered Conservative Party members.  It almost happened. 

[NewYorkExpress]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/astorino-picks-chemung-sheriff-christopher-moss-run-lt-gov-article-1.1791260

Rob Astorino has chosen Chemung County Sherrif Christopher Moss as his running mate. Moss who will become the first African-American to run for Lieutenant Governor on the GOP ticket in New York, has been an outspoken critic of the SAFE act, calling its strengthened ban on assault weapons unenforceable and unconstitutional. His selection comes after rumors of other potential choices such as Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis and Assemblywoman Jane Corwin, turned down Astornio.

One GOP leader said that the ticket provided "Good geographic balance".

The selection of Moss was the last item on the to-do list for the State GOP, which while still expected to lose by a wide margin, is more united than they were in 2010.

In addition to Astorino and Moss, the expected nominees at the New York State Republican Convention (Which began today) are;

Former George Pataki Aide, John Cahill (Attorney General)

Onondaga County Controller Robert Antonacci (Controller)

[Simfan34]

I saw Astorino a few weeks ago. He seemed like he knew what he was talking about. I liked him, but it doesn't mean he has any chance of winning.

[Miles]

Cuomo is picking Hochul!!

[Lief 🗽]

Cuomo-Hochul sounds like a terrifying Aztec deity. Also unsurprising that the Republican would pick one of the most conservative House Democrats to be his running mate.

[bedstuy]

Cuomo-Hochul sounds like a terrifying Aztec deity. Also unsurprising that the Republican would pick one of the most conservative House Democrats to be his running mate.

I'm voting Popocatepetl-Iztaccihuatl.

[Flake]

This was a terrible choice.  Cuomo needs to reach out to the left and he chooses a conservative democrat.

Cuomo doesn't need to appeal to moderates and conservatives.

[free my dawg]

The only bright side I see to this is Hochul carpetbagging into NY-23. Collins is in there for the long haul.

But yeah, the WFP better run someone. Why put up a Republican candidate when you have Andrew Cuomo?

[windjammer]

Well, a conservative democrat will always be better than a republican, so I hope Cuomo will have to resign during his mandate because yep, it would still be an improvement.