[Alberta's Child]

Considering that the City of New York is perpetually short-changed with regards to state funding for everything, it hardly makes sense to antagonize the governor that you will have to deal with in order to make sure you get that fair share. I consider Rudy's support of Cuomo more as a smart political move to the benefit of NYC than I do as an illumination of the man's political leanings. Political pragmatism often dictates that you work this way.

In any case, the best move would have been to keep his mouthh shut and let things play out as they would. Rudy's support of Cuomo was certainly not a "smart political move" at all, when you consider that Cuomo actually LOST the election. And remember -- this occurred in an election year (1994) in which Democrats ended up getting swept out of office at all levels of government from one end of this country to the other.

[Wombat101]

So, he backed the wrong horse in that race. People make mistakes.

The point I was trying to make is that we all often have to work with or for, or support, people whom we disagree with in order to achieve more important goals.Why should politics be any different than the boardroom or the factory floor in this regard?