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What's Obama got to do with New York politics?

Submitted by dr.orfannkyl on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 10:57
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From Jumping in Pools:

"If you can't handle the heat, get out of the kitchen".That best describes New York politics at its best, a political arena which is brutal even on a good day, as to be a Republican is harsh, being a Conservative Republican on top of that, is pure hell in this state, unless you reside in one of twenty-something counties which voted for John McCain last November. We have a very interesting Gubernatorial election next November, with Rudy Giuliani, Rick Lazio, David Paterson, and other supporting actors *cough candidates cough* in the running for the Governor's mansion, not to mention a very important special congressional election in the 23rd district of New York this November upcoming.So what does Barack Obama got to do with any of this? 

  1. Barack Obama & White House has kept all major Primary opponents against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, out of the race.
  2. Barack Obama & White House have advised Governor Paterson not to run for the Democrat nomination in 2010, which did not "jive" with Paterson.
  3. It is reported that Rham Emanuel, who serves in the White House, was deeply involved in the selection of Congressman McHugh as Secretary of Army, intentionally exposing a historic GOP election to Democrat hands.

For someone who is the President of the United States, it appears he is involved in New York has a political consultant, more then the President, that is just my opinion.

As a Conservative Republican, I realize New York has problems, however, New York still has the chance to actually elect Republicans who can do something about it, we have good candidates for the 2010 elections, and the last thing we need is Obama & Rham Emanuel sticking their noses into our business.

 

Also, Democrat New York state Senator Diaz Sr. takes a silent swipe at Obama -

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/09/diaz-sr-to-obama-how-about-tho.html#more

 

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Has there ever been a time when a sitting president

Submitted by Mead50 on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 13:18.

was not also the de facto leader of his party? Therein lies your answer. BTW, if this has not always been the case, I'd be interested in knowing about it - any political historians out there?

Andrew Cuomo - Next Gov. of NY

Submitted by Democritus on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 16:06.

I'm also a New Yorker (NY-20) so I may as well weigh in.

It makes sense for Obama to ask Patterson to get out of the way but I'm surprised they didn't keep it on the down low.  The only way Giuliani has a chance is if Patterson wins the Dem primary against Andrew Cuomo who is the current Attorney General.  But that's not likely. 

An Aug. 16 Quinnipiac University poll of registered voters showed 59 percent disapproved of the way Paterson is handling the governor’s office. The survey from the Hamden, Connecticut, based school found that voters favor Giuliani over Paterson 53 percent to 33 percent in a potential gubernatorial race. If state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo were the Democratic candidate, he would beat Giuliani 48 percent to 39 percent, according to the poll, which had a 2.4 percentage-point error margin.

Patterson has been a terrible Gov. since he took over when Spitzer had to resign.  Picking Kristin Gillibrand to replace Sen. Clinton didn't play well with progressives.  So if it's Cuomo vs. Giuliani, Cuomo wins easily.

As a Conservative Republican, I realize New York has problems, however, New York still has the chance to actually elect Republicans who....

Sorry pal, but you're delusional.  NY is a very blue state.  Conservatism may play well in the South, but it's dead up here in the NorthEast.  That's why picking Rep. John McHugh was such a brilliant pick (politically) by Obama.