Andy Cuomo can't win on an even playing field because he is not qualified for this office. That's why he is dependent on a single powerful union. |
Because he's so conservative, it allows her to stay in the middle. Effectively, he shows up and she becomes a centrist. She couldn't have asked for someone better. |
Bloomberg has the edge today. |
Bush is not on the ballot, Bloomberg is, ... People think he's done a good job. |
Clearly, what he did at D.M.I. was to prepare for a mayoral run, and to sound out themes of a mayoral run, ... That's not unheard of, for people to find a sinecure while seeking public office. |
Clearly, what he did at D.M.I. was to prepare for a mayoral run, and to sound out themes of a mayoral run. That's not unheard of, for people to find a sinecure while seeking public office. |
He showed himself to be a wartime leader. He rallied the people and he didn't buckle. |
He's an easy target. New Yorkers are centrist by nature. One has to presume Senator Clinton is a candidate for president and the strategic imperative here (in 2006) is to pile up big numbers. |
Hillary Clinton is probably laughing hysterically at the Republican chaos. |
His job is to keep out of her view, and her job is to go after him. By not engaging her, she appears shrill, a voice screaming in the wilderness. It's tactically smart. |
Incumbents are re-elected the vast majority of the time, so a challenger like Freddy needs an overwhelming emotion argument in his ads and on the street for why the mayor should be fired. Freddy never went negative, but he had nothing to go positive with, either. |
It certainly surprises people that the governor and his wife and others would use that kind of language. It doesn't help him with Republican voters. He comes across as just another New York politician who doesn't share their values. |
It's a continuation of the destruction of the Republican Party on Long Island - once in control of everything and now mostly in control of nothing. |
It's a lot of money. She has a reputation; she commanded a high price. But this is not a presidential campaign. A typical amount is $12,000 to $15,000 for a campaign manager. For a consultant to do specific tasks, a lot less. |
It's an attempt to get her core fund-raising base energized and prepared for what will be a very serious attack to stop her from being president. |