Applause for Cuomo all around after he signs the Marriage Equality Act (AP)

Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York for barely six months, wants Barack Obama to lose reelection in 2012— if you believe GOP consultants interviewed by the New York Post. John McLaughlin, who counts House Minority Whip and uncompromising 48-year-old "Young Gun" Eric Cantor as a client, says that Obama has to lose if Cuomo stands a chance in 2016. You hear that, Governor? Forget a VP deal, just burn every political bridge you have with the national Democratic party in 2012, so they'll want to support you 4 years later. You'll be monogramming your White House towels in no time.

According to McLaughlin, the Cuomo's dilemma in deciding whether or not to support Obama is simple:

The question is, 'Would Cuomo rather run in 2016 against a first-term Republican or in the aftermath of a second term of Obama, the most left-wing president we may have ever seen, with economic policies that harm the private sector with massive tax increases and a homeland-security path that includes hostility to Israel?'

Yes, that maniac Eugene Debs wannabe who kept Guantanamo Bay open, passed the same health care legislation proposed by Bob Dole in 1995, presides over a revolving door between the SEC and Wall Street is REALLY gonna hurt Cuomo come 2016.

Cuomo's desire to take his well-earned political capital here to Washington (he says he's not planning anything, but won't rule it out in the future) has wisely tracked the opinions of New Yorkers, who view a potential run for president unfavorably.