Some rumor-mongering from Newsday:
“Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Long Islander who has clashed with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in recent weeks, is considering a Republican run for governor in 2018, according to three Republicans who spoke to Flanagan about the bid. “Yes, I’ve heard him say that,” one Republican said. “I think a lot of people are talking about him,” another prominent Republican said. “He’s the right age, the right demographic, has been successful in retaining the Senate majority and certainly has the respect statewide and not just as Senate majority leader.” …”
Successful? The only reason for his “success” is because Cuomo and some Democrats want him to be in charge of the Senate.
Respect? He’s Cuomo’s butt-monkey!
“… As a Republican he could attract the upstate support as well, but his vote for Cuomo’s SAFE Act gun control measure could hurt him among more conservative voters …”
It’s way more than that.
The idea of him running was so absurd that Ed Cox threw cold water on the idea:
“Republican Chairman Ed Cox on Wednesday in a Capital Tonight interview dismissed reports Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan is contemplating a run for governor in 2018. “Let me say, he is not thinking about it,” Cox said in the interview to air tonight on TWC News. “He is focused on his job as majority leader of the state Senate — a tough job — particularly when you have a governor who for the first time in two centuries was not delivered to the legislators.”” …”
He’s not thinking about it because so many people were laughing out loud after reading that piece in Newsday.
Would be a more worthless, useless RINO than Pataki. And a non-starter. Not gonna happen.