Will Cuomo have “Coattails”
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Weekend of Attack Ads; Newspapers go with Cuomo
|This weekend the two leading candidates in the race for Governor are trading attack ads.
Paladino went first with his “usual suspects” ad claiming Democrat Andrew Cuomo, the current attorney general, hasn’t put corrupt politicians in jail, and has given a pass to people in his own party.
Cuomo Sunday, released two versions of an ad, one ends with "You can't clean up Albany with dirty hands."
The Cuomo ad also features Republican State Chairman Ed Cox, who is “Richard Nixon’s son-in-law.”
The ads can be seen at my website:http://www.dominiccarterreports.com
You can put a fork in Paladino, AG race tight
|The latest survey shows you can put a folk in Carl Paladino. The only questions is can Paladino gracefully make it to the finish line.
Things are going so bad for Paladino, one has to wonder if he's calming down to do damage control for his lucrative buffalo development business.
Not only does the latest poll from the Siena Research Institute show Paladino trailing Andrew Cuomo by 37 points, (63-26 percent, among likely voters) but Two-thirds of voters now have an unfavorable impression of the Republican gubernatorial candidate.
Cuomo has to be ecstatic with the debate
|Going into the debate Andrew Cuomo had the most to lose, and yet when the hour and a half session was over–he appeared even stronger as the clear front runner in the race.
Cuomo avoided any gaffe and appeared gubernatorial.
It was Cuomo’s nemesis Carl Paladino who seemed like he was completely out of place. Paladino didn’t challenge or attack Cuomo once. Paladino appeared nervous a good deal of the time. Perhaps he was trying to show a softer side to appeal to voters, or perhaps Paladino was just completely out of his element and not ready for prime-time.
Tonight’s Debate in the race for Governor
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8:15 p.m
An hour into the debate, and the Cuomo folks have to be ecstatic! No one has laid a glove on Cuomo.
In fact it seems Cuomo’s lead nemesis, Carl Paladino has run the other way, not criticizing Cuomo at all.
Perhaps Paladino is trying to look gubernatorial by appearing substantive, but the problem with that is for the first 30 minutes Paladino looked, and came off as very nervous. He hasn’t said anything outrageous.
The Moderators are tackling a number of topics: The budget, taxes, MTA.
Cuomo has not lost his cool. He has come off the way he had too – as the one who will lead Albany out of chaos.
Paladino’s 15 Minutes are up
|Yes, Carl Paladino makes for exciting copy.
Yes, he makes a boring contest interesting, but at the end of the day New York is looking at lay-offs and other serious consequences of the times we live in.
Entertainment can be a good thing, but who gets the last laugh here? You can call Paladino everything but a child of God, but (in less than a month now) Paladino returns to his million dollar Buffalo development company, and New York State is left holding the bag. 
Will Paladino apologize for his outrageous thuggish behavior last night
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Carl Paladino needs some political maturity, and it can’t come fast enough.
Will he apologize for his outrageous behavior last night.
Did he really think he would get a heartbeat away from becoming governor without scrutiny he doesn’t like.
Aides had to separate Paladino from New York Post State Editor Fred Dicker at an upstate hotel.
What could Dicker possibly do to push Paladino so far “over the edge?”
Dicker did his job.
Bloomberg: End automatic tenure for teachers. This as I found out a teacher at a former school of mine was a hooker
|I often drive on the Cross Bronx expressway, passing Elementary School P.S. 70, and reminisce about my school days there. I remember 3rd grade class, and playing on the roof-top gym surrounded by metal bars everywhere so no one would fall.
Surprised, but I guess really not shocked is the best way to describe when I picked up the NY Post this morning and saw a story about a current P.S. 70 teacher who was an alleged former prostitute and stripper. I've had a very successful career in journalism, and I am not attacking teachers, but I have to admit that I have always wondered how far I could have gone if I had received the same private school education as many other journalists.
Spitzer on Cuomo: “He is the dirtiest, nastiest political player out there,” and Steve Levy would beat Cuomo.
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Today, the Good News for Andrew Cuomo. What a difference a day makes. The new Siena Poll showing Cuomo with a 33 point lead Carl Paladino.
The bad news: Elliot Spitzer has a long memory!!!
Appearing on the morning show of his new CNN home, Spitzer let loose on Andrew Cuomo. Not only did he warn Cuomo that his victory may not be as big as he is expecting.
Spitzer: “Trust me, Andrew will have a much tighter margin.”
Not only did Spitzer say if Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy was on the ballot he would be the next governor and ahead of Cuomo by 15 percent.
Cuomo will never let Paladino do a “Lazio” on him
|I want to repeat one of my comments from earlier this week, "you could bet the house on it," Team Cuomo will not repeat the mistakes of Rick Lazio.
Lazio ignored. He didn’t engage Paladino. After all, Lazio thought, the public would see Paladino as out of touch, as a loose cannon forwarding racist emails about the President, somebody who might be a good businessman, but that’s about it. Well, say what you want. The world knows who won and who was sent packing with only the conservative line in his corner.