{"id":10366,"date":"2014-06-16T12:52:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T16:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10366"},"modified":"2014-06-16T13:46:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T17:46:17","slug":"primary-challenge-for-cuomo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10366","title":{"rendered":"Primary challenge for Cuomo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewcuomo.com\" target=\"_blank\">Gov. Cuomo<\/a> will be <a href=\"http:\/\/polhudson.lohudblogs.com\/2014\/06\/16\/progressive-democrats-teachout-announces-primary-challenge-cuomo\/\" target=\"_blank\">in a primary<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Calling themselves \u201cprogressive Democrats,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zephyrteachout.com\" target=\"_blank\">Zephyr Teachout and Tim Wu<\/a> announced their candidacy this morning for the Democratic nomination for governor and lieutenant governor, challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his running mate, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kathy_Hochul\" target=\"_blank\">Kathy Hochul<\/a> &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>HAHAHAHAHA!! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/hendrikhertzberg\/2014\/06\/cuomo-the-wfp-and-seven-days-in-may.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Sucking up to the WFP<\/a> was a waste of time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nystateofpolitics.com\/2014\/06\/cuomo-shrugs-off-teachout-insists-hes-been-progressive\/\" target=\"_blank\">What is Andrew&#8217;s response<\/a>?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday shrugged off the primary challenge from Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout, who is launching her gubernatorial campaign and petitioning process &#8230; Cuomo added it\u2019s \u201cinaccurate\u201d to suggest he hasn\u2019t been sufficiently liberal, pointing to &#8230; the controversial gun control package known as the SAFE Act &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Pushing gun control doesn&#8217;t make you a liberal. \u00a0It makes you an asshole. \u00a0Andrew does not understand this.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D10366&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10366\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10366\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10366\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Cuomo will be in a primary: &#8220;Calling themselves \u201cprogressive Democrats,\u201d Zephyr Teachout and Tim Wu announced their candidacy this morning for the Democratic nomination for governor and lieutenant governor, challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his running mate, Kathy Hochul &#8230;&#8221; HAHAHAHAHA!! \u00a0Sucking up to the WFP was a waste of time. 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