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Summing up everything wrong with the GOP

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Deputy Senate GOP Leader Tom Libous sums up everything that is wrong with the NYS Republican Party:

“… The senator paused and repeated the question before saying: “Well, I like Rob Astorino but I think Andrew Cuomo is going to be governor. I don’t think he’s going to lose. I don’t think Rob’s gonna beat him.”  Libous said it was “unfair” to ask him about endorsing Astorino. He said he believes Astorino “has some very good things that he’s pushing forward but, right now, his campaign hasn’t really gotten off the ground.”  Libous said “I’m going to vote for him. I’m going to support him but I’m not going to get too overly-involved in the governor’s race.” …”

That last statement is simply not true.  Libous and most of the machine Republicans are openly supporting Cuomo and undermining Astorino.

In a way, it’s good that they are not backing Astorino.  These establishment RINOs are the ones who have spent the last twenty or so years running the GOP into the ground.  Their “help” would just make his campaign crash and burn.  All the support Astorino is getting, the lawn signs that are popping up, comes from ordinary people.  That is something which the last few establishment candidates never had.

Cuomo clearly concerned

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The Cuomo campaign is clearly concerned about Tuesday’s primary.  Their ads are in heavy rotation and now there are robocalls, first from Hillary and now Bill de Blasio.

New Cuomo-Hochul ad

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The Cuomo campaign is trying to shore up support for Kathy Hochul with a new ad:

That’s nice. I’m going to fuck with both of them in the primary.

SAFE and Common Core

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Further evidence that gun control will be the big issue this election from two upstate Democrats:

“… “The number-one issue that came up in the campaign was my stance on the Safe Act,” said Southworth, referring to gun control legislation signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. She said the second biggest issue mentioned was Common Core education standards.  Thorne called lowering property taxes the big issue in the district. She said people also were concerned about the implementation of Common Core, and state leaders needed to revisit the Safe Act. “I think it was poorly written, rammed through,” Thorne said …”

That is exactly what our man on Long Island told me last week.

Hochul’s follies

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The far Left is deeply upset with the Governor over his pick of Kathy Hochul:

“Hours after Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s pick for lieutenant governor published a video touting her liberal credentials, her challenger said her voting record “should be disqualifying” for a Democrat seeking office …”

Andrew is concerned about this:

“Gov. Cuomo’s political operatives are eyeing a “painful scenario’’ to dump Kathy Hochul, a moderate upstater, as the governor’s running mate for lieutenant governor amid growing signs that leftist law professor Tim Wu is picking up momentum in the Sept. 9 Democratic primary … Wu won the surprise endorsement of The New York Times as well as other left-of-center groups last week as they criticized Hochul’s past opposition to state aid for illegal aliens and her 100 percent rating from the National Rifle Association …”

Perfect opportunity to poison Hochul to both the Left and Right:

The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Political Victory Fund bestows a grade of “F” upon Democrat Lt. Governor candidate Kathy Hochul. NYSRPA has decided to make a special exception for Hochul to our long standing policy of how incumbents are rated.

“We usually grade incumbents based upon their actions in office,” said NYSRPA President Tom King. “Using that criteria, Hochul would have earned an “A“.”

It is common for political candidates to say whatever they think is necessary to get elected, but it is unclear to NYSRPA why Hochul feels the need to hide her record.

“There’s a reason not a single candidate in New York is sucking up to the gun prohibitionist groups,” said King. “They’re nothing but astroturf. They have never been able to turn out voters on their issue. Nevertheless, if it makes her happy, we’ll give Hochul an “F” rating and tell everyone to support Tim Wu instead.”

Another MAIG member arrested

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Yet another local member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns has been arrested:

“Former Binghamton Mayor Matt Ryan (D) is facing harassment charges after a fight in a town of Barker bar last week … Troopers said Ryan got into an argument over politics with pro-gas drilling activist Victor Furman, from Chenango Forks. Ryan allegedly pushed Furman with both hands in the chest and knocked him over multiple bar stools onto the ground. According to troopers, Ryan then said, “I ought to punch you right in the mouth.” Ryan is facing a harassment charge, in the second degree …”

Field report from Long Island

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I spoke with one of our members from Long Island who works for another non-gun special interest who informed me that he interviewed candidates for his organization and they all told him that as they’re going door to door the hot button issues people are talking about, aside from taxes, are common core and the SAFE Act.

This directly contradicts media reports that guns are not an issue downstate and reinforces the election results from last year’s Westchester and Nassau County Executive’s races.

Koppell claims he wrote the SAFE bill

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Back in April Alex Crohn took credit for authoring the SAFE bill.  Now, Oliver Koppell says he did it:

“… The debate continued with Senator Klein and candidate Koppell upgrading themselves on their accomplishments over their opponent, with candidate Koppell saying that he had drafted up the original Safe Act legislation, not Senator Klein …”