David Paterson

Thought I'd post this little AP story about the big Governor's Global Warming summit, where the once promising Arnold Scharzenegger joined a host of other RINO and Democrat governors in endorsing a grandious solution to the global warming problem.

Hey, what's $500 billion a year between friends?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081120/ap_on_re_us/schwarzenegger_summit_10

Now, with the Dow in free fall and GM on the verge of shutdown, you might think there are slightly more pressing immediate problems than whether the temperature in 2050 is going up 0.2C or 0.4C?...especially for the Governors of the epicenter of the financial crisis (NY) and the auto crisis (MI)....naw, got to make sure the media get their "green" moment while their constituents lose all their green.  

By the way, it's mid November. Tomorrow's weather forecast for central CT is a high in the 30's with snow showers http://weather.courant.com/US/CT/Meriden.html.

Central FL has a freeze warning for tonight http://www.weather.com/weather/alerts/localalerts/USFL0163?phenomena=FZ&significance=W&areaid=FLZ036&office=KJAX&etn=0014

Guess that too is an "Inconvenient truth".

The Politicker is reporting that Rudy Giuliani and his top political aide met with the GOP state chairman. The topic of Rudy for Governor came up, and Rudy didn't say no.

I asked him if the subject of Giuliani for governor came up, since it's been the subject of some recent speculation.  

"Of course it did," Carbonetti confirmed during a telephone interview yesterday. "But Rudy was like, 'Lets worry about getting through this cycle.'"

Mr. Carbonetti continued: "Joe said, 'I'm with you if you want to run.' You know, the usual stuff." He added, "Rudy said our main focus is winning all the local races we can and getting John McCain elected. And we'll look at all that when the time is right."

I'm a bit of a fan of this idea (in fact, I briefly worked for Rudy last year), but there are a few questions that need answering.

First, what lessons will they learn from the Presidential campaign? This is New York, and Rudy will be more in his element here. Presumably, Rudy will be more direct in attacking David Paterson, something he obstinately refused to do to John McCain, effectively handing him the nomination. Will we see a return to the combative, happy warrior Rudy we saw battling the New York City press corps, or will it be the 2007 wonkish Mr. Congeniality?

And they should probably stop pulling stuff like this. (Update: His team says there will be no strings attached to fundraisers.)

If the lessons of 2007-8 are taken to heart, then this could be Rudy's shot at redemption. His national star dimmed a bit with the Presidential race, but knocking off the corrupt and incompetent Spitzer-Paterson regime and governing successfully would restore the shine and more. And this is the job he probably wants.

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