{"id":10527,"date":"2014-07-28T09:56:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T13:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10527"},"modified":"2014-07-28T09:56:40","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T13:56:40","slug":"more-moreland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10527","title":{"rendered":"More Moreland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor Cuomo’s<\/a> problems are getting worse<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Gov. Cuomo\u2019s reputation has been severely damaged and his chances of running for president destroyed by revelations that he interfered<\/a> with the Moreland Commission\u2019s efforts to probe political corruption, influential Democrats have told The Post …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think he did himself in, at least on the national stage, with the SAFE Act.\u00a0 What Moreland has done is made very public how Andrew (and Albany) operates in private.<\/p>\n

“… The Democrats, who called the disclosures in last week\u2019s New York Times \u201ca political game changer\u201d and a \u201cCuomo nightmare,\u2019\u2019 said the scandal would also provide the first real boost to the campaign of Cuomo\u2019s long-shot Republican rival, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino<\/a>.\u00a0 Aides to Astorino said over the weekend that they\u2019ve seen a \u201csignificant uptick\u2019\u2019 in offers of support and campaign fund-raising as a result of the scandal \u2014 with $500,000 contributed over the past few days …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Does this mean Chris Christie is now going to back Astorino<\/a>, like other Republican Governors<\/a> are?\u00a0 I think Christie hurt his own ’16 presidential ambitions by not supporting Astorino, and not just by decling to support a fellow Republican, but because it shows Christie wasn’t paying much attentional to the politics surrounding a potential opponent.<\/p>\n

” … Insiders described Cuomo as \u201chumiliated\u2019\u2019 and \u201cparalyzed\u2019\u2019 and unable to develop a strategy to respond.\u00a0 \u201cIf Cuomo had a good argument to make he\u2019d make it, but he doesn\u2019t know what to do,\u2019\u2019 said a source close to the governor …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m going with him continuing to be an asshole.\u00a0 It’s gotten him this far in politics.<\/p>\n

“… The collateral damage from Cuomo\u2019s actions to his fellow Democrats is considerable.\u00a0 Attorney General Eric Schneiderman<\/a>, who, like Cuomo, has remained silent, was a central figure in the commission\u2019s probe since he named several of its members and then granted them law-enforcement status.\u00a0 Yet Schneiderman, who said he was being kept regularly informed about the commission\u2019s activities, said not a word about Cuomo\u2019s actions.\u00a0 Either the hyper-political Schneiderman violated his promise to keep in touch with what was occurring \u2014 an unlikely situation \u2014 or he simply kept his mouth shut, insiders at the Capitol agree …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I am included to believe it is the former.\u00a0 Schneiderman and Cuomo hate<\/strong><\/span> each other.\u00a0 It is my understand they hardly ever talk.<\/p>\n

“… Meanwhile, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice<\/a>, a Moreland co-chair and Cuomo political ally who is running for a congressional seat on Long Island, also kept her mouth shut as Cuomo meddled with the commission and has yet to explain why …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s great if it knocks out her Congressional campaign, but unlike Cuomo and Schneiderman, she would still have her job as Nassau D.A. until ’17.<\/p>\n