Andrew Cuomo’s Plan to Keep a Republican State Senate

8 Comments on “Andrew Cuomo’s Plan to Keep a Republican State Senate”

1. Definitely. Dems have been pretty weak on important social issues and
   having a sense of cohesiveness.. especially where us southern “liberals”
   are concerned. Very little seperates a Rep vs. Dem… particularly in the
   south. Now, that’s not always a bad thing, but it’s generally the case, and
   it makes it easy to exploit the one or two issues that really divide the
   voting population of the area.

2. Cuomo has been a sellout from day one. he needs to be replaced.

3. Cuomo looks like a thug. Literally!

4. I have several layers of utter comtempt for Cuomo’s “Cuo-mentum,” a
   not-too-smooth reference to similar Rightwing sellout bastard Joe
   Lieberman. But Cuomo is correct about politics, if Sam’s analysis is
   accurate. Cuomo has no chance to become the Democratic nominee in 2016.
   He is the same type of brand as Hillary, and Hillary is a much bigger and
   richer force who also has the experience of running an entire Democratic
   primary season (or 3 of them, if you count her role in her husband’s). New
   York might not even choose Cuomo over Hillary, and the only other states
   that would would be strictly anti-Hillary protest votes, and Cuomo is not
   going to coalesce as the “Not Hillary” candidate. He isn’t that type of
   firebrand insurgent that is needed to shake up the conventional vote. It
   is possible that the Democrats nominate someone to Hillary’s Left, who
   might then lose, and this might open the door for a new corporatist in 2020
   (when Hillary is too old to run again), but (very) early odds point to
   Corey Booker, who is a much more valuable brand.

   Cuomo is also correct that he has a better chance of passing through his
   corporate tax agenda if Republicans keep the Senate. Not only are they
   more closely allied with him ideologically, but in order to keep promoting
   the lie that he is trying to be a Progressive (so he can prevent a revolt
   from his base), he needs to have the Republicans to oppose him. Otherwise,
   there’d be no excuse and he’d either have to do the will of the Democrats
   (i.e. the vast majority of New York) or be exposed as a corporatist fraud.
   I’m a bit surprised that more politicians who primarily care about their
   own power, yet don’t want to actually govern, don’t secretly support the
   opposition party giving them some resistance. It’s so much easier to blame
   than to to be forced to deliver. 

5. Cuomo is a liar, a coward, and he takes despicable pleasure in destroying
   the economy of New York.

6. This phony reeks of GOP sympathizer. Been saying it all along. His Father
   must secretly be hanging his head in shame. Just come out already Andrew
   baby, it’s no longer a secret. 

7. Sam you should do one segment about how the deal between the Republicans
   and several Dems senators came about, such a convoluted story 

8. The ultra-rich tend to be more of a libertarian persuasion, meaning that on
   economic issues they’re massively pro-capitalism/free market and
   anti-regulation, but on social issues they’re liberal/progressive,
   because–let’s be honest–as long as they’re able to stay filthy rich they
   couldn’t care less what you do in your bedroom. And as one would expect,
   the filthy rich pretty much get whatever they want, so if we look at the
   direction of the national political landscape over the past 40 years it has
   pretty much been in the direction that the ultra-rich want: fewer
   regulations, lower taxes (especially on investment income), less government
   control and more big business control; and more cultural tolerance,
   acceptance and social justice. Cuomo merely represents that trend,
   regardless of his party affiliation, because he is basically the governor
   for a sizeble plurality of really, really, really rich people.

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