Andrew speaks

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Aside from a statement in support of microstamping in his 2010 campaign manifesto, Andrew Cuomo has been silent publicly on gun control.  That changed over the weekend according to this Daily News article, “Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls for shutting state prisons, investing in community in light of gun violence“:

“… Cuomo also pushed for stricter gun control laws from the federal government.  “It has been decades where we have been fighting Washington for sensible laws controlling guns and we need those laws passed and we need them passed now. We’re losing too many people out in the streets,” he said …”

This bears watching to see where he’s going to go with it.

Not out of the question

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Fresh off Bob Turner’s upset win comes speculation that New York will be in play in next year’s presidential election.  From the NY Post:

“Gleeful Republican leaders said tonight that Bob Turner’s stunning victory for Anthony Weiner’s vacant city congressional seat shows that New York is in play in next year’s presidential race … Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said a GOP presidential nominee could carry New York for the first time since Ronald Reagan in 1984 and help defeat President Obama …”

It is too soon to suggest that New York will be up for grabs, but if things keep going the way they are going it is not out of the question.  The first warning sign came last month when the President’s poll numbers showed for the first time his negatives were higher than his positives in the state.  Obama is having similar problems in California too.  The CD-9 election was a warning shot across the bow which the Obama campaign seems to be taking seriously.

 

Turner pro-gun

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More fallout in CD-9.  The Queens Chronicle reports, “Upset! Republican Turner wins congressional seat“:

“… [David Weprin] tried to paint [Bob Turner] as a radical Tea Party Republican whose views are out of line with the people of the district … Turner also backs Second Amendment gun rights, while Weprin is pro-gun control …”

This is the first media statement I have seen calling Turner pro-gun.  I’ll believe it if he votes for H.R. 822.

As for Weprin, what did the Brady’s/NYAGV do for their man?  Nothing.

Election aftermath

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Here are the results from yesterdays’ elections in the few races I’ve been following:

A side effect of Bob Turner’s victory is that now the Democrats have to pick another Congressional seat to give up.  New York is slated to lose two Congressional seats next year due to redistricting.  It was thought that one would be an upstate Republican-held seat and one would be a downstate Democrat-held seat, District 9.  With Turner’s win, the Democrats will have to pick another incumbent district for elimination.  Carolyn McCarthy’s seat in District 4 was mentioned in the past.

Weprin meltdown

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David Weprin’s Congressional campaign is having a meltdown.  He has not caught up with Bob Turner in the polls and Democrats realize they’re likely to blow this race.  I just got off the phone with one of our guys in the district and he’s getting flooded with calls from rabbis in the heavily orthodox district and they’re all pushing for Turner.

Turner clearly leading

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Further humiliation for David Weprin and the Democrats: latest Sienna polling shows Bob Turner up by 6 points.  DCC is dropping $500K into the race to save Weprin’s bacon.  NRA apparently sent out orange postcards on behalf of Turner, although this is not listed on the PVF website.

Brooklyn Politics offers their opinion on why Turner is leading.

Turner ahead in latest poll

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Another poll for CD-9 shows Bob Turner leading David Weprin by 4 points.  That’s unheard of in the district which last elected a Republican in the 1920s.  Worse (for Weprin) is that Dov Hikind endorsed Turner.  Democrats are nearing PSH levels with a new fundraiser mailer attacking Turner.

Appeal coming

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Some more on the Sullivan Law being upheld in court over at No Lawyers – Only Guns and Money, “Damn! Judge Rules For State In Kachalsky v. Cacace.”

Here is a link to the decision.  I have been told it will be appealed.

Sullivan Law constitutional

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District court finds the Sullivan Law is constitutional.  See more at Of Arms and the Law, “District Ct decision in Kachalsky.”  The decision is really not surprising.