Bloomberg Endorses Cuomo For Governor

Mayor Bloomberg officially endorsed Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for governor today. In the Mayor's statement, which was released to the public, he praises his integrity, his record of public work, and his bi-partisan efforts, while throwing in a slight dig at his opponent Carl Paladino: "We need a governor who knows that the partisan politics of the past cannot be the way of the future. Andrew Cuomo has made the focus of his campaign to build a coalition for reform that transcends party labels and brings together Democrats, Republicans and independents together behind his agenda and I am proud to stand with him in that effort."

The endorsement comes on the heels of a new Quinnipiac poll this morning that shows Republican gubernatorial candidate Paladino much closer to Democrat Cuomo than anyone expected, only trailing by six points. Back in July, Bloomberg told reporters that he didn't view Paladino as a real threat to Cuomo: "He's not going to get elected, so let's go on to the other topic." Bloomberg didn't endorse anyone in the governor's election four years ago, which Democrat Eliot Spitzer won.

The flame wars between Cuomo and Paladino have heated up over the last week, ever since Paladino handily defeated Rick Lazio in the Republican gubernatorial primary. There have been some amazing (and nasty) posters, in particular. But Cuomo has been trying to stay above the fray, though many in his camp fear that he is allowing Paladino to hog all the media-attention: "There's a feeling the campaign is creating a void. And when there is a void, Paladino is doing a good job at filling it with attacks," a source told the Daily News. Cuomo told WOR-AM radio's John Gambling that he would not engage in gutter politics: "I am not now going to be part of an effort that degrades state government and degrades New York politics and degrades democracy." Paladino's ~~attack dog~~ campaign manager Michael Caputo shot back, "Ask Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio how that worked."

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By Ben Yakas in News on September 22, 2010 2:40 PM

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John L

I agree that Cuomo should continue to take the high road but he has to get out and talk about the issues. Explain to the voters why they should vote for him, not why they shouldn't vote for Paladino.

Anyone seriously considering voting for Paladino needs to have their head examined. This man is totally wrong for NYC. If he gets in even more of our money will stay upstate. We'll be lucky if we get back anything from Albany.

I agree that the state of Albany is atrocious and I wish we had better choices for governor too but voting for Paladino is like cutting off your nose to spite your face. These are the choices we've been given and Cuomo is definitely the lesser of two evils.

Vote for CUOMO!

Because you have no choice.

exnyer

Vote for CUOMO!

Because you have no choice. Outside a five mile radius of midtown people have both a left and right side of the brain. Cuomo=Bloomy you haven`t had enough yet?

John L

Cuomo=Bloomy?

How?

Paladino=Bloomy

Now that makes sense.

Eric Johnson

Thanks Bloomberg! You've opened my eyes. Now I'm committed to voting for Carl Paladino!

Anyone but Obama

Bloomberg is a LIAR. He's arrogant and obnoxious. He told the people to stick the term limit vote they voted on (TWICE!) where the sun don't shine so he could run for a 3rd and illegal term.

He also came out in favor of building the mosque, just like the ahole Cuomo did. More than 70% of the people said they didn't want the mosque built.

That should be enough for any representative of the people but not these two. Cuomo is showing us already that he doesn't care what the people think, he will rule the way HE wants and not represent them and do what they wish.

Don't we have enough of these in government already? Do we need more?