Posted on 10/14/2013 7:30:12 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
Increasingly desperate New York Republicans, seeking the political equivalent of a Hail Mary pass, are trying to get Donald Trump to run against Gov. Cuomo next year….
They’re seeking to make the case that while Trump is only an apprentice politician, he’s the only Republican on the horizon who has the name recognition, guts and money to tell Cuomo, “You’re fired!”
They’re also arguing that Trump could launch a 2016 presidential run — which he has clearly been eyeing with his criticisms of President Obama and Washington — by first winning the election for governor.
So far, Trump, who only recently learned of the effort, which is backed by state GOP Chairman Ed Cox and other party leaders, hasn’t said a flat “no.’’ ****
With Cox’s knowledge, Rochester-area Assemblyman Bill Nojay has begun circulating to other party leaders a three-page memo on how Trump could defeat Cuomo next year.
It contends that Trump’s celebrity status and popularity with disaffected Republican and Democratic voters, along with Cuomo’s unpopularity upstate, could produce a Trump victory.
The memo concedes the state GOP’s desperation.
“There is only one prospective candidate who could run on the GOP line and win against Cuomo in 2014 — Donald Trump,’’ it declares.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Seriously, is that what we’re left with? Almost makes me long for the days of Pierre Renfret! (That was the first year I voted Conservative Party for governor.)
Obama’s job approval is at 37%, a record low. @GOP & @SpeakerBoehner have the leverage & momentum. Delay ObamaCare for all Americans!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 10, 2013
Guiliani would never run against Cuomo. Politics aside they are reportedly personal friends.
They must indeed be desperate. Donald couldn’t get himself elected to the condo association.
Nope he would just buy all the condos and eliminate the association.
Trump on FNC Varney now. He talks a lot of platitudes but its hard to get him to expand solutions.
You may be right, but FReepers should understand that this is the NYC GOP. A semblance of a Republican party still exists upstate, but we are, as always, outnumbered by our urban brethren.
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