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andrew_cuomoRedistricting in New YorkThe Legislature is expected at last to vote on redistricting next week — although not on a plan for new congressional seats. Its foot-dragging is undoing all of the goodwill gained from its cooperation with Gov. Cuomo last year.
With Convention Center, maybe Cuomo is on to something? Restoring glory days to New York
Residents of New York State have always taken pride in their history. The glory days of being America's leader of many industries.
Cuomo keeps coming up Roses
For nearly 20 years on television, I have interviewed political candidates, only to observe them, for whatever reason, rarely deliver on a long list of campaign promises. Watching new Governor Andrew Cuomo has been different, and dare I say refreshing.
Is Obama in trouble
The good news for President Obama, or any sitting president, the power of incumbency is very tough to win against, and Republicans are having a tough time with their field of candidates. However the bad news: the worst kept secret is Obama’s base is not energized (he will need each and every single vote) and consider the horrible jobs report Friday which shows history is not on Mr. Obama’s side.
A few thoughts on this Sunday from Jeter to a Obama/Cuomo Ticket
Mr. 3000/Derek Jeter Congrat's to Yankees Captain Derek Jeter for his historic 3,000th hit. There’s a lesson for all of us in Jeter’s success. One of perseverance and determination.
You have to give Cuomo credit on the budget. To critics, where would you cut.
Yes it’s a budget that would cut year to year spending for the first time in a long time.
Tobacco Gangsterism and TerrorismToday’s NY Post story about bootleg cigarettes at bodegas reaffirmed my opposition to the increased tobacco taxes. First, raising the cigarette excise tax by another $1 per pack only rewards bootleggers, some of whom will use their illegal proceeds to fund terrorist attacks on America and her allies, notably Israel.
NY Voters: Good Riddance Mr. Paladino!
The fat lady had stopped singing. Now she was screaming, and up until the very last minute election night Carl Paladino continued his nasty, unorthodox campaign.
Tradition calls for the losing candidate to concede, speak first and then get the hell out of the way for the winner.
Weekend of Attack Ads; Newspapers go with Cuomo
This weekend the two leading candidates in the race for Governor are trading attack ads. Paladino went first with his “usual suspects” ad claiming Democrat Andrew Cuomo, the current attorney general, hasn’t put corrupt politicians in jail, and has given a pass to people in his own party. The ads can be seen at my website:http://www.dominiccarterreports.com
You can put a fork in Paladino, AG race tight
The latest survey shows you can put a folk in Carl Paladino. The only questions is can Paladino gracefully make it to the finish line.
Things are going so bad for Paladino, one has to wonder if he's calming down to do damage control for his lucrative buffalo development business. Not only does the latest poll from the Siena Research Institute show Paladino trailing Andrew Cuomo by 37 points, (63-26 percent, among likely voters) but Two-thirds of voters now have an unfavorable impression of the Republican gubernatorial candidate.
Cuomo has to be ecstatic with the debate
Going into the debate Andrew Cuomo had the most to lose, and yet when the hour and a half session was over--he appeared even stronger as the clear front runner in the race.
Cuomo avoided any gaffe and appeared gubernatorial. It was Cuomo’s nemesis Carl Paladino who seemed like he was completely out of place. Paladino didn’t challenge or attack Cuomo once. Paladino appeared nervous a good deal of the time. Perhaps he was trying to show a softer side to appeal to voters, or perhaps Paladino was just completely out of his element and not ready for prime-time. ![]()
Tonight's Debate in the race for Governor
8:15 p.m An hour into the debate, and the Cuomo folks have to be ecstatic! No one has laid a glove on Cuomo.In fact it seems Cuomo’s lead nemesis, Carl Paladino has run the other way, not criticizing Cuomo at all. Perhaps Paladino is trying to look gubernatorial by appearing substantive, but the problem with that is for the first 30 minutes Paladino looked, and came off as very nervous. He hasn’t said anything outrageous. The Moderators are tackling a number of topics: The budget, taxes, MTA. Cuomo has not lost his cool. He has come off the way he had too - as the one who will lead Albany out of chaos.
Paladino's 15 Minutes are up
Yes, Carl Paladino makes for exciting copy.
Yes, he makes a boring contest interesting, but at the end of the day New York is looking at lay-offs and other serious consequences of the times we live in. Entertainment can be a good thing, but who gets the last laugh here? You can call Paladino everything but a child of God, but (in less than a month now) Paladino returns to his million dollar Buffalo development company, and New York State is left holding the bag. ![]()
Mr. Paladino… Andrew Cuomo is outsmarting you at every turn. This as Paladino also attacks Gays
Carl Paladino is really screwing up, and Andrew Cuomo is exposing him as a rookie political novice. Many of us were raised on this tradition: “if you don’t have anything nice to say about someone, don’t say anything at all.” So borrowing a diplomacy page from the parental playbook, perhaps the nicest thing we could say is Cuomo is making Paladino look like a light weight. Further, quoting Republican strategist Ed Rollins, Rollins has labeled the Paladino campaign "absurd and irrational.” According to Rollins, “the Republican Party will take 10 years to recover from this candidacy.” For now, I’m not even questioning Paladino’s fitness for being governor. (many others are doing that) But the man has blown any shot he had at beating Cuomo. Let’s look at how Paladino has handled two subjects in the news recently. Marital affairs and debates. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS MR. PALADINO, don’t preempt your own negative attack. You hit your opponent when you have the goods, or when you box your rival in, where he is forced to answer a question. If you preempt your own negative attack, you are simply giving your rival cover. That is exactly what Paladino has done. He actually helped Cuomo. How is this possible? What am I talking about? It’s simple. When Paladino claims Cuomo’s sexual “prowess is legendary," without providing any details, Paladino has effectively removed the issue off the table. By sounding like he’s so out of control, so reckless, when reporters actually tried to ask Cuomo the question, Paladino has handled the matter so badly, that Cuomo can take the high road, and not be forced to answer. In other words, Paladino swinging in the air aimlessly, by being so baseless in his claim without evidence, you could have predicted Cuomo response Friday to a possible affair question: "I'm not going to get into the gutter with my opponent; we've gone through this before." Cuomo said. Paladino has tried to explain to reporters his prior claim that the Democratic attorney general had multiple "paramours" while married to Kerry Kennedy. Paladino contends he made the unsubstantiated claim only to get journalists to ask Cuomo the same questions they had been asking of him. But from now until the day Cuomo takes office… directly because of how Paladino handled the issue…Cuomo will simply say "I’m not going in the gutter with Paladino" and decline to answer any such question. What Paladino didn’t consider is that he gave Mr. Cuomo more of an out than Cuomo’s own key advisers could have come up with. On the issue of debates, Paladino has also badly handled himself. Frankly it’s the only issue Paladino has had left to throw at Cuomo, but even that didn’t work. Paladino made the mistake of thinking he could attack and attack, without Cuomo giving in, but Cuomo has now agreed to share the stage with Paladino, AND ALL THE OTHER CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR, and simply play a game of “beat the clock,” during the one hour time. They will all gang up on Cuomo as the front runner, and he will simply “talk to the voters ignoring everyone.” Thus, Paladino’s message and more importantly his attacks against Cuomo will be diluted. Paladino came on strong in the final weeks against front-runner Rick Lazio, so this should be said, the potential for that to happen again is there, but Andrew Cuomo is no Rick Lazio. It bears repeating Cuomo is no Lazio. Paladino’s general election campaign has been so bad, at this point Paladino will be lucky to escape with his image and not damage his lucrative Buffalo real estate business. If Paladino has not been making one mistake after another, what does he do on Sunday? In the middle of of the all the recent news about suicide in the gay community and antigay violence, Paladino delivers a speech to Orthodox Jewish Leaders in Brooklyn, and says the following:
-Children should not be "brainwashed" into thinking homosexuality is acceptable. I'll Take You Out! - Ballad of Paladin(o)“Ballad of Paladin(o)” A Parody of the “Ballad of Paladin” (Have Gun Will Travel Theme)
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