Posted on 09/23/2013 3:23:23 PM PDT by neverdem
Gov. Cuomo has secretly joined with former US Sen. Alfonse D’Amato and other top Republicans to stop Democrat Tom Suozzi from recapturing his old job as Nassau County executive, key Nassau Democrats angrily charge.
Cuomo, who has yet to endorse Suozzi two weeks after Suozzi’s victory in the Democratic primary, has taken several important steps to strengthen Republican incumbent Edward Mangano, including firing his leading critic, the Democrats say.
D’Amato, a lobbyist with multiple clients who, as senator, was credited with leading the effort that defeated then-Gov. Mario Cuomo in 1994, has emerged as “an important player in Cuomo’s re-election strategy on Long Island, especially in Nassau County and especially in trying to help Mangano,” a source with strong Cuomo-administration connections told The Post...
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As Cuomo plays what may be a double game in Nassau County, Skelos is alleged to be doing the same in Westchester County.
Some close to Republican Westchester Executive Rob Astorino say Skelos has been undermining Astorino as he faces a tough Democratic opponent in the November election.
They say Skelos has rewarded Westchester Independence Party leader Giulio Cavallo with patronage jobs and other support — in hopes of getting Independence backing for Senate candidates next year — at the same time that Cavallo was blocking Astorino from getting his party’s ballot line.
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What a name is Sue.
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Cuomo, D’Amato, and Skelos are all Establishment types, thus completely unprincipled.
Plane lands without incident.
Corruption in New York.
Dog bites man.
(yawn)
Skelos is real POS. He voted for same-sex marriage and the gun control law. The turd that my dog drops each morning is more republican than Skelos claims to be.
Cavallo is also a POS. He and Skelos have a lot in common—they lie, they have no principles and they will do anything to keep power. Cavallo screwed Astorino with the Independence line. And he probably made a deal with Il Duce to do it. Il Duce wants to defeat Astorino now because he knows that Astorino is a formidable candidate for governor next year.
New York FReepers—keep Astorino’s name in your head. He’s got a real future in New York politics.
With Carlos Danger and Client #9 out of the races, outside NYC we’re not hearing anything about those races. Is it a foregone conclusion that the Dem primary winner is automatically elected in the general?
Outside of Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, that's usually true in NYC. The rest of the state can be fairly competitive.
Thanks for the ping!
I had wondered if Bloomberg’s anti-DiBlasio stance would affect the race at all?
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