{"id":8630,"date":"2013-06-17T09:21:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T13:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8630"},"modified":"2013-06-17T09:21:08","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T13:21:08","slug":"mclaughlin-for-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8630","title":{"rendered":"McLaughlin for Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin’s<\/a> name has been floated<\/a> as a possible Republican candidate for Governor for awhile. \u00a0Today Fred Dicker raises the level of rumormongering<\/a> on his possible candidacy:<\/p>\n

“An aggressive upstate lawmaker who backs gun rights and Texas-style low taxes and calls Gov. Cuomo<\/a>\u00a0a \u201cbully\u201d has emerged as a likely \u2014 some say certain \u2014 Republican candidate against Cuomo next year, The Post has learned. \u00a0Rensselaer County Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin … has privately told legislative colleagues he\u2019s planning to run …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Steve is one of the few Albany politicians who speaks his mind and is not afraid to stir the pot. \u00a0That’s good. \u00a0The bad is that while Governor Cuomo’s popularity continues to decline<\/a>, he does have a large campaign warchest as well as a nearly 2-1 Democrat enrollment advantage in the state. \u00a0Being able to raise enough money to make the race competitive would be his biggest hurdle. \u00a0His next obstacle would be the GOP establishment itself:<\/p>\n

“…\u00a0Republicans are also bitterly divided over the SAFE Act<\/a>, which was supported by Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos<\/a> of Nassau County and nearly all other GOP senators in the city and Long Island. \u00a0State Republicans privately concede McLaughlin could wind up being their nominee by default, because few in their party believe Cuomo can be beaten …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This concerns me because the downstate RINO’s are in bed with the Tammany Democrats<\/a>. \u00a0Having a candidate who disrupts the status quo would not be welcomed by either party.<\/p>\n