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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

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Working Families Party Leadership Doesn't Sound Like They Want To Take On Cuomo
In response to the Siena College poll that showed a liberal Working Families Party candidate could do some serious damage to Governor Cuomo's totals in the 2014 general election, Working Families Party Executive Director Dan Cantor released this statement: “Most people are decent, and they want decent, progressive policies from their government. That’s why the Working Families Party was originally

Rob Astorino: Andrew Cuomo Not Ideological, Just Greedy For Power
Via State of Politics, here's Rob Astorino hitting Sheriff Andy Cuomo hard on ethics and corruption:My favorite part of the video was excerpted at State of Politics: “It shows what Andrew Cuomo has sadly always been about: Power. Accumulating it, keeping it, meting it out to punish, intimidate, and reward,” Astorino says in the video. “That’s the Andrew Cuomo insiders have always known and feared,

What The Siena Poll Means For Cuomo's Re-Election Chances
The Siena poll released today revealed some vulnerabilities for Sheriff Andy Cuomo and his re-election campaign, including the revelation that a third party candidate from the left could take a big chunk out of Cuomo's re-election totals and the finding that an overwhelming majority of New Yorkers think the quality of education under Cuomo has either stayed the same or gotten worse (41% say gotten


Siena Poll: Overwhelming Majority Of New Yorkers Say Education Hasn't Improved Under Cuomo
We're going to have a whole host of bad news for Sheriff Andy Cuomo from the Siena poll that was released today.The biggest piece of bad news from the poll is that a third party candidate would do some serious damage to Sheriff Andy's totals against GOP challenger Rob Astorino, as I posted about earlier.But there's more bad news for Sheriff Andy in the poll too - bad news like this:The survey by S

Siena Poll: Third Party Candidate Cuts 15Poijts Out From Cuomo's Totals
Just like we've been saying all along, a decent third party candidate from the left could throw serioius frights Sheriff Andy Cuomo's way:While the latest poll from the Siena Research Institute shows Gov. Andrew Cuomo maintaining his 2-to-1 lead (58-28 percent) lead over Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, there is a thunderhead on the horizon: When a generic Working Families Par
Surprise, Surprise: It Sucks Working For Cuomo
The NY Post reports that the Cuomo administration is such a miserable, nasty place to work that a mass exodus is expected if Cuomo wins a second term - and that's not counting the rats who are already jumping:ALBANY — A “mass exodus” is expected from the Cuomo administration after November’s election, according to several sources.“They all want out,” one source said of top Cuomo staffers.A former
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Perdido Street School: Fred Dicker: Cuomo Will Get No Support From Dems If He Runs For PresidentIf it's Monday, it's time for a Fred Dicker column slamming Andrew M. Cuomo.Today's no different:Gov. Cuomo, long known for his presidential aspirations, won’t enjoy the support of his own Democratic Party if Hillary Rodham Clinton decides not to run for president in 2016, top state Democrats have told