Posted on 07/04/2011 12:49:28 PM PDT by Justaham
A Prominent Republican is joining a prominent Democrat in predicting that Gov. Cuomo will become President Obama's running mate for vice president next year.
Former New York GOP boss William Powers, credited with playing a key role in electing Rudy Giuliani mayor and George Pataki governor, was effusive in his praise of Cuomo's successes in the just-ended legislative session, and in his prediction of the freshman governor's political future.
"Andrew had a fabulous session. It was fabulous. A property-tax cap, ethics reform and, for Democrats, gay marriage," said Powers.
"I don't think there's any doubt Obama is going to pick him as his running mate. The president is in trouble and [Vice President Joseph] Biden doesn't bring anything to his ticket.
"The president will call him up later this year and say, 'Andrew, you have to do this for the good of the country.' What's Andrew going to say, 'No?' "
Cuomo, who saw a flurry of predictions last week in the wake of the gay-marriage victory that he'll run for president in 2016, has repeatedly refused to discuss the possibility of higher office.
He wouldn't comment either on Powers' prediction, but a source familiar with his thinking half-jokingly said this when asked what action Cuomo would take if Obama called to offer him the nation's No. 2 position: "He won't answer."
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown earlier this year also predicted that Obama would pick Cuomo to replace Biden, who he claimed would be named by the president to replace Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Vote for the Homo and the Cuomo?
He could pick the Good Lord, and hes still done. Not a chance in Hell.
GTF out of our White House, traitor!
If this is true, then the best scenario would have New York rid of Cuomo and America rid of the current Oval Office occupant, with their defeat.
If Mitty gets the R nomination, he can have “Scranton Joe” as his VP!
Mario Cuomo Patched Things Up With Ed Koch For Andrew
The NY Times has a long feature on the relationship between former NY governor Mario Cuomo and presumptive 2010 gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo that includes quotes like "He’s thick skulled; he won’t listen to me. Tell him what to do" (supposedly what Mario told a consultant about Andrew) and "There was this sense of rivalry — Andrew seemed to feel that his dad talked a good game but that he, Andrew, got things done" (someone who worked under Andrew Cuomo at HUD). But what's interesting is how the 1977 mayoral campaign comes into play.
Back in 1977, Mario Cuomo was battling Ed Koch for the NYC mayorship, and there were nasty campaign posters saying "Vote For Cuomo, Not The Homo." When Andrew Cuomo was running for attorney general in 2006 (after his failed 2002 gubernatorial run and divorce from Kerry Kennedy), the NY Times reports, "Mario approached George Arzt, a former press secretary to Mr. Koch, at the Regency Hotel in New York and told him, “‘I’d like to patch things up with Ed,’ ” Mr. Arzt recalled. “I asked him what he had in mind. And he said, ‘Could Ed endorse Andrew?’" Which Koch did do.
Koch, for his part, told Esquire, "The signs said, VOTE FOR CUOMO, NOT THE HOMO. Andrew says he didn't do it, and I believe him. Mario says he thinks he now knows who did it. I was very angry at the time. Primary races always end in anger. They're different than the general election: They're like a civil war — it's brother against brother. But I've forgiven them. I'm eighty-five now, and grudges take your energy away. I've forgiven them all."
Legalize Gay Marriage - Vote Homo Not Cuomo <<--- UTube Ad
The already circus-like race for New York governor just went from one ring to three.
Independent Kristin Davis, the former New York madam, is now calling out Democrat Andrew Cuomo for not taking a stronger stance for gay rights.
“It’s outrageous that New York has not legalized same-sex marriage,” Davis says in a new ad. “Andrew Cuomo says he supports it, but when the marriage equality bill was before the Senate, he was asked to call three undecided Democratic senators and declined. A vote for me sends a strong message to Cuomo: we demand gay marriage now.”
She ends the ad with a catchy phrase: “Vote homo, not Cuomo”:
According to CBS News, the line is a play off a campaign slogan used by some supporters of Andrew’s father Mario in the 1977 New York mayoral election against Ed Koch: “Vote for Cuomo, not the homo.” The reference was meant to advance rumors about Koch’s sexuality.
from a left wing political site the evening of the big celebration:
Andrew Cuomo 2016 speculation heating up Politico ^ | 06/26/11
With his successful push to pass a gay marriage law, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo overnight became a national contender, putting down a major marker among the liberal party base that dominates the primaries.
“Most politicians, including most Democrats, have been afraid of this issue. Andrew is the first national figure ever to embrace it so enthusiastically,” said Richard Socarides, the president of Equality Matters and a former Clinton White House adviser. “Clearly, this establishes him as the most important progressive leader of our party, setting him up very well for 2016.”
Come 2016, “Cuomo is the only one who will be able to say ‘I delivered for you’ before everyone else realized it was politically popular, and that will be an invaluable asset,” Socarides said, adding, “it also has the benefit of being true.”
Cuomo supporters already have fanned the flames privately of his prospects on the national stage: Rumors of his White House ambitions started circulating in New York even before he was elected last year by one of the largest margins in state history — some of them date to the days when he was managing his father’s own multiple flirtations with a national run. ..........
Of the early potential Democratic contenders, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley says he supports gay marriage but stopped short of making a major push for the legislation earlier in the year, while Virginia Sen. Mark Warner is opposed. Hillary Clinton, if she runs, would still have her commitment to civil unions but not gay marriage from the 2008 race hanging over her — and at least until the end of next year, when she’s said she’ll be done at the State Department, she won’t be able to make any new comments on the issue.
“It gives him an authenticity and a strength with progressives that will provide a real base — not just gays, but progressives in general. Other people can say they’re for same sex marriage, he got it done,” said Democratic political consultant Bob Shrum. “I think it will always now be a hallmark of his political persona.”
Cuomo’s push on gay marriage wasn’t in a vacuum — it came at the end of a tough legislative session when New York progressives were forced to swallow major budget cuts, tough on unions rhetoric and a refusal to even consider renewing the state’s expired millionaire’s tax.
That’s part of the persona he’s crafting too, as Cuomo sets himself up as a governor who’s pushed the party to the left on social issues and toward the center-right on economic issues. It’s a message with both primary and general election appeal, though being so far out-front on gay marriage could be a problem in a November national election.
“He’s created a profile that I think would make him a very effective candidate,” Shrum said. “He’s right on the social issues, and he will be even more right by 2016 than he is now in terms of Democratic primary voters, and in terms of the country, frankly. He’s created a profile of economic stewardship in a very difficult period that is very strong, he’s managed to deal with unions without getting into the kind of destructive confrontations that people like Scott Walker have.”
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Joe Trippi, the former Howard Dean and John Edwards adviser, said it’s not too early to start the 2016 clock — and, pointing to Michael Dukakis in 1988, noted there’s a precedent for an ethnic Northeast governor appealing to Democrats far away from home.
“I understand 2016’s a long way off, and who knows where things will be then, but certainly, he has to be somebody that the party looks to for leadership once you get past Obama’s reelection,” Trippi said. “He’s putting his stamp on what kind of party he thinks the Democrats should be.”
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The plus side is that NY state would go to the Obama team. But Cuomo doesn’t help in the south or midewest. His speeches? Maybe pro-business but we haven’t heard any changes in the Obama strategy to revive Wall Street or business in America.
Wow,awesome, gay marriage. What an achievement, Andy. All for the sake of what, 1.10th of 1% of the state? Glad you found the time and energy for such a high priority items for NY, certainly outdoing yourself on crime, spending, taxes, security, education, infrastructure . . . you know, the less
important stuff.
Two snaps Up!
Will Obama’s ego let him run a Cuomo? Nuh uh. Why did he pick Biden in the first place? Because Biden is an idiot, non threatening and basically a suck up sycophant who’ll boast about Obama on cue. Tactically Cuomo would be better, but this is undoubtedly some Democrat operatives wish list, trying to force Obama to do something to improve their chances.
Well said! Why would Cuomo tie himself down to a sinking ship. By next summer, nothing will save Obama from the disaster he has created. He bears the responsibility, not the Republicans, for the miserable failure of the stimulus, the shovel ready jobs that weren’t so shovel ready after all. Trillions of dollars wasted for what? If he were a Republican, the press would be all over him for what he has done to this economy but he’s a democrat, so he gets a pass. I am very angry at what this lying, thieving, radical socialist has done to this nation. He needs to be impeached and if convicted, hung by something other than his neck!
I predicted this 3 months ago, people laughed and said, that’s a bold prediction. All I said was watch, he will have a successful or portrayed to be successful legislative session and boom, it will happen. I knew it all the way back when 0bama came to NY and snubbed Paterson, walked right by him and shook Cuomos hand and the perverted smiles on both their faces.
It’s funny how they mention the 2016 campaign, and Cuomo being a contender then. And they mention Dukakis in 1988 as a precedent for an “ethnic northeastern governor”.
Do these Dems. really think that the Dukakis campaign was a big success? This is what they want to see repeated with Cuomo?????
I don’t get it because the last time I checked, Dukakis went down to a big defeat. Maybe Dems. like to re-live past defeats as well as victories?
I wonder how long before “Clueless Joe” figures out their talking about his job.
Yep 56 other states, LOL.
Seriously, if the Obama team think they are in trouble in a big blue state such as New York, and want Cuomo to help nail down that state, they are in bigger trouble than anyone realizes.
Just another wannabe female VP candidate.
If Soetero is so worried about carrying NEW YORK that he’d put a Soprano on the ticket, things are looking damn bright for 2012.
Ya, what about Joe Biden? Didn’t Obama pick him due to his great foreign policy knowledge, and ability to be president if he ever had to step into the top job???? Has all of that changed since the last election?
It’s rare for a president to dump his running mate from the first time when running for re-election, but it has happened.
But I wonder if any ambitious Democrat really wants to tie himself to Obama in 2012 in what will be a tough re-election campaign.
LOL If he does this then he has pretty much decided that he can win re eletion with no democrats from the midwest. No one except big city liberals will vote for him if this is what he chooses.
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