{"id":2343,"date":"2010-09-20T19:13:07","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T23:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2343"},"modified":"2010-09-20T19:13:07","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T23:13:07","slug":"cuomo-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2343","title":{"rendered":"Cuomo +16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the first post-primary poll <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewcuomo.com\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Cuomo<\/a> holds <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.timesunion.com\/nypotomac\/poll-cuomo-holds-big-lead-over-paladino\/3780\/\" target=\"_blank\">a 16 point lead<\/a> over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paladinoforthepeople.com\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Paladino<\/a>. \u00a0That may seem like a lot, but he was leading by 30+ points a few months back.<\/p>\n<p>I would not have thought it back in the spring, but it is conceivable that Paladino will beat Cuomo in the general election. \u00a0Cuomo got the party nomination through his family ties and because there was no other strong Democrat (like <a href=\"http:\/\/schumer.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Schumer<\/a>) who wanted to run. \u00a0He has been on his best behavior and if Paladino can get him off script, the &#8220;old Andrew&#8221; could resurface. \u00a0That&#8217;s clearly what the Paladino campaign is doing with their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/blogs\/dailypolitics\/2010\/09\/carl-paladino-tries-to-push-an.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;No Cojones&#8221;<\/a> ad.<\/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%3D2343&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=2343\">&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=2343\"><\/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=2343\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first post-primary poll Andrew Cuomo holds a 16 point lead over Carl Paladino. \u00a0That may seem like a lot, but he was leading by 30+ points a few months back. 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