Comments on: Paladino Wins Gubernatorial Primary As Monserrate, Espada Concede

By: akuperma

akuperma — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:53:16 +0000

#2- not so clear – a “tea party” focus means the Republicans will probably avoid non-economic issues (foreign affairs, gays, abortion, immigration) – and it appears that this year focusing on economics is good politics – and the other issues are ones in which Obama is probably closer to mainstream. If the establishment (a.k.a. “country club” or “wall street”) Republicans support people like Paladino and O’Donnell and Rubio, and the “tea party” people support people like Ehrlich (MD) or Whitman (CA) or Kirk (ILL), then the Republicans can still win. Given the common love of Obama’s economic policies, there is a lot to agree on (though on other issues, the Republicans are often badly split).

By: akuperma

akuperma — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:37:08 +0000

The interesting part is whether the Republicans can come together and manage to make at least a credible run against Cuomo, not to mention DioGuardi against Gillibrand – and perhaps more importantly whether the Republicans can retake the State Senate since otherwise the Democrats will have an invitation to do massive gerrymandering since next year is the year for reapportionment.

The left-wing pundits believe that the “tea party” wins will turn out to being a classic “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory” and will enable the Democrats to survive with no more than the usual off-year losses (rather than a major rout similar to 1994). Post-primaries, will “Tea party” and traditional Republicans work together, or will they ignore each other’s candidates?????

By: charliehall

charliehall — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:04:55 +0000

The big suprise to me is that Paladino is stuck with Lazio’s running mate for Lt. Governor!

By: yswo

yswo — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:44:50 +0000

Now the GOP have a zero percent chance of beating Cuomo. If it was Lazio it was 5%. In Delaware also the idiots who voted for O’Donnell gave the Dems a sure victory, this seat was supposed to be a shoe in for the GOP. Thank you for all the fools who voted for the tea party candidates. Now the Dems will keep the Senate.

By: mark levin

mark levin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:30:26 +0000

I dont think it was the “biggest surprise of the night” as they were running close with this guy ahead. The problem is that he isnt as Conservative as NY needs, which means you are voting for Cuomo or Cuomo Lite on Nov 2.