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With just 55 days left, the dance cards are set for the general election. As expected, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Senator Hillary Clinton won their respectives primaries for governor and Senate. The NY Times noted that Clinton's reosounding win showed that her support of the Iraq war did not affect voter sentiment:
“Clinton’s work ethic, her lack of enemies, and her fund-raising help for other Democrats have insulated her from party criticism, including on Iraq,” said Ken Sherrill, a political scientist at Hunter College. “I got a taped phone call from Susan Sarandon urging support for Tasini, but that’s all I really heard about him.”On the Republican side of the Senate race, former Yonkers mayor John Spencer won the nomination. Given the mess the Republican Senate nominees are in, it's safe to say Clinton has it in the bag. Next up for Spitzer, though, is facing a campaign from Republican John Faso, who Spitzer leads 67% to Faso's 21% in a Marist poll.
And in the most interesting state race, Andrew Cuomo beat Mark Green and Sean Patrick Maloney to run for Attorney General on the Democratic ticket. Green said he "will not seek office again" and even said, " I am not a very good politician." The NY Sun's Russell Berman suggests, "Mark Green was twice elected as the city's public advocate, but it may be Mr. Green's five failed bids for higher office that serve as his political legacy." Ouch. He may be a prime appointee for a state or federal position, some think. At any rate, Cuomo's big win is analyzed and he'll have to face Jeannine Pirro, who was asked to leave the Senate race earlier this year.
Photograph of Lieutenant Governor hopeful David Paterson with Governor hopeful Eliot Spitzer by Frank Franklin II/AP
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The Democrats have some strong candidates this time around, but we'll see what happens. Politics are so unpredictable. Nobody thought Bloomberg had a shot in hell, remember?
The only thing that gives me pause about Clinton (though I'll probably still vote for her) is her stance on Iraq.
We ran into Mark Green campaigning on the streets of Park Slope yesterday. He already seemed kind of defeated; I felt bad for him. Though, I still didn't take a flier...does that make me a bad person?
After reading those Times & NYDN endorsements, how could anyone vote for frickin' Cuomo??
Hopefully there is one candidate for governor in New York state who will support medical marijuana. Unfortunately for sick New Yorkers, Spitzer is just another corporate shill posing as a man of the people.
Wow, two family legacies and one rich man nominated by the Dems. Democracy in action, I'm sure.
why mock outrage at that? the repubs don't nominate anybody different. bush is a family legacy, rich man, and idiot rolled into one.
Cuomo had one thing going FOR him during the campaign, he was running against Mark "Worst Politician Ever!" Green. I think even Reverend Al can beat Green.
I still can't believe how he totally blew the '01 Mayoral race and lost to Bloomie, when I think he had a double digit lead.
dan soda, sure Republicans do it. And the Democrats give them grief for it. This just proves that the Democrats are as much hypocrits as Republicans. At least Republicans don't hold themselves out as the moral and virtuous party.
"At least Republicans don't hold themselves out as the moral and virtuous party."
WHA.. wha... WHAT!?!?!?!
yeah, i have to take issue with that too. didn't bush run on a bogus platform of restoring dignity to the white house? that's a laugh if i've ever heard on.
I love Jen Chung's anti-republican slant on literally everything she writes...too bad you can't get any un-biased opinions and articles around here.
I love that Brooklyn25 thinks that opinions can be unbiased, and that Gothamist runs actual articles.
Did anyone here vote for Sean Patrick Maloney?
Right on Brroklyn25! So true but then again the people that run gothamist aren't exactly experts on the subject matter they write about-- it's more commentary...mindless as it may be at times.
this is a blog, you geniuses. it isn't newsweek. nobody's required to be impartial here. don't you love how republicans never understand how things work?
Dan Soda is pure genius! LOL
Says who?? LOL
I agree. I hate the way people think that Gothamist is "the blog of record" when it so clearly biased and never reports any of the good things that are happening in Iraq. Those crummy elites and their Shake Shack! I don't believe the Gothamist Blog!
Which is why you should keep an eye out for my upcoming alternative, The Fox GothamBlog.
Well I guess you Republicans should be happy to know that Gothamist was definitely biased in favor of Bloomberg and noticeably anti-Ferrer last year.
#19, just because someone speaks out against a Democrat doesn't make them a Republican. This all or nothing approach to politics you and others take (see what the party did to Joe Lieberman) is so attractive. If the Democrats retake either chamber of Congress it will be in spite of their (and their supporters) own stupidity.
And Bloomberg doesn't even come close to resembling the national GOP platform. That New Yorkers chose Bloomberg (twice) should tell the DNC that they might have more success with someone more moderate. Of course, with Howard Dean running the show. . . and the primary system being what it is. . .
The problem is not that Bloomberg resembles the national GOP platform. The problem is that people think he resembles the Democratic platform, which he doesn't.
Name some things Bloomberg has done that's Democratic, and I'll be able to name about double the Conservative things he's done.
By definition, his governing style is not moderate, but Authoritarian. He ebbs and flows wherever he decides. He offers no voter any security in representation. Basically, we "trust" Bloomberg, and that's his platform: "Trust me, I know best, and likely better than you, for your own good."
You call that democracy? I'd prefer a mayor who shows restraint and actually has a clue about why parties exist. Think back to George Washington; they wanted to give the guy extra terms, and make him king. He knew to pull back, because of the principles of how our system works.
Bloomberg fires people who doesn't agree with him. He sues government bodies when they exercise check-and-balances. His policies constantly trample over the 1st and 4th amendments.
But hey, Bloomberg's ads say he's great and moderate, and we all have a "gut feeling" that he's great and moderate, so he must be great and moderate, right? Who needs proof! Here's a quote from Stephen Colbert about using your gut instead of research: