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Carl Paladino Plays Up Redneck Politics
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyNEW YORK -- In other years, in a milder political climate, none of us would pay any mind to the rants and rages of Carl Pasquale Paladino. But it is an angry and nutty election year, and Paladino has surfaced fully amped from the reactionary depths of cash-strapped Buffalo to carry the GOP and Tea Party banners in the New York gubernatorial race. In a relatively short time, Paladino, a 64-year-old anti-abortion, anti-gay-marriage millionaire developer who shocked New York when he won the Republican nomination against the party's favored candidate, has brought redneck politics out in the open ...
Ann Coulter Defends Carl Paladino's Anti-Gay Remarks
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Oct. 12) -- Did Carl Paladino's recent anti-gay remarks win him votes? Ann Coulter seems to think so. Coulter paid a visit to "The O'Reilly Factor" on Monday evening to defend Paladino, the tea-party-backed New York gubernatorial candidate, no stranger to controversy himself, who has come under fire for staunchly critical (arguably bigoted) comments he made about homosexuality during a speech given to a summit of Orthodox Jewish leaders on Sunday. "'I just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family, and I don't ...
Cuomo Would Crush Any of GOP Hopefuls in New York Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThere is not a lot of clarity in the race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in New York, with "don't know" leading the pack, but whoever emerges on top looks to get crushed by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, according to a Siena Research Institute poll conducted April 12-15. Former Rep. Rick Lazio leads the GOP field with 29 percent, followed by Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy at 15 percent and millionaire Carl Palladino, who is associated with the Tea Party movement, at 13 percent. Forty-three percent are in the "don't know" category. The margin of error is 7 points for the primary ...
Pataki Leads Gillibrand for Senate in New York, Cuomo a Shoo-In for Governor
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer Republican Gov. George Pataki, who is much talked-about as a challenger to Democratic Sen Kirsten Gillibrand but has not said if he will run, is leading Gillibrand in a general election matchup by 45 percent to 40 percent with 13 percent undecided, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted April 6-11. The margin of error is 2.6 points. Pataki draws a much higher level of support from fellow Republicans than Gillibrand does from Democrats -- 81 percent compared to 65 percent. Pataki attracts 22 percent of the Democratic vote while Gillibrand gets only 9 percent of Republicans. ...
Paterson Tumbles Further in Bid for Re-Election as Governor of New York
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNew York Gov. David Paterson, who was the subject of a long New York Times article last week depicting him as "increasingly remote," still trails badly in a match-up for the Democratic nomination and has lost ground against a general election candidate, according to a Siena Research Institute survey conducted Feb. 14-19. Despite pressure from Democrats in the White House on down not to run, Paterson announced his candidacy for re-election on Saturday. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who has yet to announce a primary challenge to Paterson, leads him by 64 percent to 22 percent, including a ...
Gov. Paterson Meets With Lawmakers Over Future
By not in system - AOL NewsALBANY, N.Y. (Feb. 7) -- Gov. David Paterson met privately with key Democratic leaders about his re-election plans as questions swirl around the state capitol about a variety of unproven accusations involving the Democratic governor's personal conduct. Paterson campaign spokesman Richard Fife said the weekend calls had nothing to do with the accusations but were "routine re-election campaign calls." Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images As rumors swirl about the New York governor's future, David Paterson met with key Democratic leaders to discuss his re-election bid. Here, Paterson attends the ...
Cuomo Challenge to Paterson Wouldn't Be Racially Divisive
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyBack in 2002, Andrew Cuomo, now New York's attorney general, provoked anger among black leaders when he challenged former Comptroller Carl McCall, the first African-American to win a statewide job, for the Democratic nomination for governor. But if Gov. David Paterson, also an African-American, goes through with his vow to seek re-election, the expected challenge from Cuomo would not be seen as racially divisive, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted Jan. 27-Feb. 1. As with other polls, the Quinnipiac survey shows Cuomo easily beating Paterson with a lead that now stands at 55 ...
Cuomo Leads Giuliani in a New York Governor's Match-Up
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani wouldn't say on Sunday's talk shows whether he would run for governor in 2010, but if he did -- and faced Attorney General Andrew Cuomo -- he'd find himself trailing by 53 percent to 41 percent, according to a Siena Research Institute survey conducted Nov. 8-12. That margin for a match-up between the two is about the same as it has been since September. If Gov. David Paterson stays in the race, as he insists he will, and gets the Democratic nomination to run again, he'd find himself trailing Giuliani, 56 percent to 33 percent. But the poll also found ...
More Bad News for David Paterson in Latest N.Y. Gubernatorial Poll
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDavid Paterson may be firm in his insistence that he will run for a full term as New York governor in 2010 despite President Obama asking him to drop out, but he will find no comfort in yet another poll that shows New Yorkers view him as ineffective and that they overwhelmingly prefer someone else as the state's chief executive. ...
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