From the NY Post, “Cuomo seeks Republicans to back his re-election“:
“Gov. Cuomo is making another pitch Monday for Republican heavy hitters to back his re-election campaign. Home Depot founder Ken Langone is hosting a “Republicans for Cuomo” event at the Harvard Club at 8:30 a.m. Cuomo will address the well-heeled Wall Street and real-estate titans and field questions. David Malpass, who ran in the 2010 Republican US Senate primary, also was involved in planning the breakfast, sources said. Cuomo attended a similar event last month …”
Several thoughts come to mind when I read this:
- Why does Cuomo need Republicans? Democrats outnumber them roughly 2-1 in the state. This is more evidence that Cuomo has problems with Democrats.
- I think of Al D’Amato when I read “Republican heavy hitters.” Fuck him.
- David Malpass is one of the candidates offered up as cannon-fodder against Kirsten Gillibrand, who D’Amato was trying to protect, back in 2010. Fuck him too.
- I think Cuomo is scared of Rob Astorino. He invested a lot of political capital last year trying to defeat Astorino’s re-election bid which the media promptly forgot about when Astorino cruised to re-election in majority Democrat Westchester county.