{"id":17386,"date":"2018-08-21T19:55:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T23:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=17386"},"modified":"2018-08-21T19:55:24","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T23:55:24","slug":"dumb-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=17386","title":{"rendered":"Dumb moves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewcuomo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Governor Cuomo<\/a> has made a couple of noticeable political mistakes the last few days.<\/p>\n<p>First, he tried to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/bronx\/politics\/2018\/08\/21\/andrew-cuomo-tries-to-block-marc-molinaro-ny-governor-race-ad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">block an ad by Marc Molinaro<\/a> from airing:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; Given the false, misleading and defamatory content of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcmolinaro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Molinaro<\/a> advertisement, we respectfully request that you cease and desist from any further broadcast or publication,&#8221; the letter said in part &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is the video in question:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/bsnIfDEIp0s\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>Next, the Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/08\/13\/cuomo-finally-agrees-to-debate-nixon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">agreed to a debate<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cynthianixon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cynthia Nixon<\/a>. As George Marlin points out in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/george-j-marlin\/andrew-cuomo-cynthia-nixon-governor-election\/2018\/08\/21\/id\/878007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his Newsmax commentary<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; It was a dumb move because Cuomo has no upside. He will lose if he looks like a mean or condescending bully and Nixon will win if she comes across as pleasant and stands up to the governor &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Prediction: Nixon is going to &#8220;win&#8221; the debate by being pleasant. I don&#8217;t think she will win the Democrat primary, but I could see her getting 40% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo faces another challenge from the Left in the general election. Former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/minerforny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrat Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/wnyt.com\/politics\/former-syracuse-mayor-stephanie-miner-gubernatorial-run\/5039759\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed to run for Governor<\/a> on the <em>Serve America Movement<\/em> ballot line.<\/p>\n<p>Miner has a history of supporting gun control:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2012\/12\/syracuse_mayor_stephanie_miner_32.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner joins call for better gun control<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2015\/10\/mayors-survey-congress-pass-gun-control-reform-213296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayors to Congress: \u2018Get a Backbone\u2019 and Pass Gun Control<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nystateofpolitics.com\/2017\/10\/miner-loose-gun-laws-in-other-states-impact-ny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miner: Loose Gun Laws In Other States Impact NY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have not seen any polls that included Miner, but if she starts polling in double digits expect more dumb moves by Cuomo.<\/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%3D17386&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=17386\">&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=17386\"><\/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=17386\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Cuomo has made a couple of noticeable political mistakes the last few days. First, he tried to block an ad by Marc Molinaro from airing: &#8220;&#8230; Given the false, misleading and defamatory content of the Molinaro advertisement, we respectfully request that you cease and desist from any further broadcast or publication,&#8221; the letter said [&hellip;]<\/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%3D17386&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=17386\">&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=17386\"><\/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=17386\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections-2018","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17386"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17396,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17386\/revisions\/17396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}