{"id":10751,"date":"2014-09-23T09:22:31","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10751"},"modified":"2014-09-23T09:22:31","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:22:31","slug":"bloomberg-group-endorses-cuomo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10751","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg group endorses Cuomo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikebloomberg.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg<\/a> is back with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2014\/09\/22\/mike-bloomberg-gun-control-group-launches-new-ads-makes-endorsements\/16069445\/\" target=\"_blank\">yet another astroturfing effort<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.everytown.org\" target=\"_blank\">gun-control group<\/a> started this year by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is making its first significant political investments of the midterms \u2014 announcing endorsements in more than 100 federal and state contests and launching television commercials in two states &#8230; Nearly a third of Everytown&#8217;s targets are in state races, including places such as Colorado and Delaware where legislators have passed stricter gun-control laws in recent years.\u00a0 Seven Democrats running for governor also won the group&#8217;s backing &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewcuomo.com\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Cuomo<\/a> of New York &#8230; &#8220;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If this is such a big deal then why haven&#8217;t I seen a press release from Cuomo&#8217;s campaign committee touting this endorsement?\u00a0 Not only hasn&#8217;t there been one, Andrew is keeping his entire re-election campaign <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitalnewyork.com\/article\/albany\/2014\/09\/8553090\/cuomo-hochul-2014-no-sudden-movements\" target=\"_blank\">as low profile as possible<\/a>.\u00a0 That isn&#8217;t a sign of leadership or confidence.<\/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%3D10751&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; 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