New York Times
As Caroline Kennedy embarked on a tour of upstate New York this week, camera crews and reporters in tow, the state’s attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, was announcing a $2.7 million settlement with the operator of an illegal dump in Lackawanna.
Ms. Kennedy ended up on the cable television networks, in national newspapers and on blogs everywhere. Mr. Cuomo got a story in The Buffalo News.
Since he returned to the state capital two years ago, Mr. Cuomo, son of a former governor, has thrown himself into his job, tackling issues large and small. And he has softened the in-your-face style that earned him enemies years ago.
So when it became clear that the Senate seat held by Hillary Rodham Clinton would become open, Mr. Cuomo restrained himself from overt campaigning and retreated to the background. That left the stage to Ms. Kennedy, who has marched out front and become the candidate everyone is talking about — and the favorite for the appointment.
That, friends say, has left Mr. Cuomo feeling outfoxed and frustrated. “It’s driving him crazy,” said one confidant of Mr. Cuomo’s, who spoke to the attorney general about the Senate seat this week. “He’s boxed in. He can’t do anything except fume, and he is fuming.”
Assemblyman John J. McEneny, an Albany Democrat and a longtime observer of New York politics, suggested the process was especially vexing to Mr. Cuomo because it was not clear how aggressive those under consideration by the governor should be.
“It’s got to be a very frustrating and even painful process,” he said, referring to Mr. Cuomo’s position. “In a campaign, you would know what to do. But it’s unclear what the rules are here. And that just adds to the frustration.”
Gov. David A. Paterson, who will make the appointment, has said that he and Mr. Cuomo have discussed the position, but will not say more, and Mr. Cuomo has been circumspect in public.
“We had this conversation,” Mr. Cuomo told a reporter in the capital this week. “The decision is up to the governor.”
Mr. Cuomo’s aides insist that he has not asked for the job and is content as attorney general. He has plenty on his plate, including possibly involving his office in the federal case against the financier Bernard L. Madoff.
As for the Senate seat, people with knowledge of his thinking say Mr. Cuomo believes Ms. Kennedy’s public bid opened the door for him to campaign for it. While he has not ruled the job out, he has decided not to embark on a public campaign, they said.“He’s happy doing what he’s doing," one top aide to Mr. Cuomo said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the process.
The situation is especially tricky for Mr. Cuomo, 51, a one-time boy wonder who began his political career in his 20s as a top adviser to his father, Mario M. Cuomo, and became a cabinet secretary under President Bill Clinton before the age of 40.
His ambitions and his brazenness have sometimes landed him in trouble, especially in 2002, when he alienated the black political establishment by running for governor rather than backing the bid of the state comptroller, H. Carl McCall, who would have been New York’s first black chief executive. Mr. Cuomo was forced to bow out to avoid a humiliating defeat.
The problem for Cuomo is that he never earned anything in his life either. If he wants to run he should just run. He can put pressure on Patterson to counteract Kennedy's pull. One of his major problems is that he made a lot of enemies. There is an old adage, be nice to the people on the way up because you are going to meet them on the way down. So he has to get down and dirty if he wants the job. But he doesn't want to do that. He wants it handed to him.
Ms. Kennedy ended up on the cable television networks, in national newspapers and on blogs everywhere. Mr. Cuomo got a story in The Buffalo News.
Since he returned to the state capital two years ago, Mr. Cuomo, son of a former governor, has thrown himself into his job, tackling issues large and small. And he has softened the in-your-face style that earned him enemies years ago.
So when it became clear that the Senate seat held by Hillary Rodham Clinton would become open, Mr. Cuomo restrained himself from overt campaigning and retreated to the background. That left the stage to Ms. Kennedy, who has marched out front and become the candidate everyone is talking about — and the favorite for the appointment.
That, friends say, has left Mr. Cuomo feeling outfoxed and frustrated. “It’s driving him crazy,” said one confidant of Mr. Cuomo’s, who spoke to the attorney general about the Senate seat this week. “He’s boxed in. He can’t do anything except fume, and he is fuming.”
Assemblyman John J. McEneny, an Albany Democrat and a longtime observer of New York politics, suggested the process was especially vexing to Mr. Cuomo because it was not clear how aggressive those under consideration by the governor should be.
“It’s got to be a very frustrating and even painful process,” he said, referring to Mr. Cuomo’s position. “In a campaign, you would know what to do. But it’s unclear what the rules are here. And that just adds to the frustration.”
Gov. David A. Paterson, who will make the appointment, has said that he and Mr. Cuomo have discussed the position, but will not say more, and Mr. Cuomo has been circumspect in public.
“We had this conversation,” Mr. Cuomo told a reporter in the capital this week. “The decision is up to the governor.”
Mr. Cuomo’s aides insist that he has not asked for the job and is content as attorney general. He has plenty on his plate, including possibly involving his office in the federal case against the financier Bernard L. Madoff.
As for the Senate seat, people with knowledge of his thinking say Mr. Cuomo believes Ms. Kennedy’s public bid opened the door for him to campaign for it. While he has not ruled the job out, he has decided not to embark on a public campaign, they said.“He’s happy doing what he’s doing," one top aide to Mr. Cuomo said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the process.
The situation is especially tricky for Mr. Cuomo, 51, a one-time boy wonder who began his political career in his 20s as a top adviser to his father, Mario M. Cuomo, and became a cabinet secretary under President Bill Clinton before the age of 40.
His ambitions and his brazenness have sometimes landed him in trouble, especially in 2002, when he alienated the black political establishment by running for governor rather than backing the bid of the state comptroller, H. Carl McCall, who would have been New York’s first black chief executive. Mr. Cuomo was forced to bow out to avoid a humiliating defeat.
The problem for Cuomo is that he never earned anything in his life either. If he wants to run he should just run. He can put pressure on Patterson to counteract Kennedy's pull. One of his major problems is that he made a lot of enemies. There is an old adage, be nice to the people on the way up because you are going to meet them on the way down. So he has to get down and dirty if he wants the job. But he doesn't want to do that. He wants it handed to him.
Patterson is a fool if he names either one of them. They will have no gratitude to him and he gets not practical benefit. He should name a Hispanic politician who actually ran for something and can give a credible performance. Better yet an Hispanic woman. That's why as I have said the best person to name is Nydia Velasquez a Brooklyn congresswoman. Although she is very liberal she at least is honest and hardworking and will work for her constituents.
Or he can name Christine Quinn the speaker of the City Council. She is a lesbian who is hooked into the gay political community which would help Patterson in his bid for re-election.
Or he can name Christine Quinn the speaker of the City Council. She is a lesbian who is hooked into the gay political community which would help Patterson in his bid for re-election.
So to coin a phrase, pick the Homo not Andrew Coumo. Or at least the lesbian.
16 comments:
Ron Perelman looks great in makeup, doesn't he?
You missed his recent star turn as Clay in the Sons of Anarchy. It is a retelling of Hamlet with a dash of Macbeth set in a California motorcycle gang.
I loved that show...and the Beast was very well done.
Only so many hours in the day, I'm afraid.
Darcy--
Chicks loved the Beast. There's something to be learned from that.
I always wonder how many people noticed that B&B followed the "Kung Fu"/"Incredible Hulk" formula?
Yeah, I can see why, blake. The character/makeup combo was very magnetic.
What formula was that?
Peace loving character tries to do good or just be left alone but is forced to kick-ass twice an episode (once in the first 20 minutes, once in the last 20 minutes).
I thought it was beautiful wife with ugly guy that they stole from the honeymooners.
Although I must say the beast is a lot more attractive than the Leave it to Jim guy.
LOL, Trooper.
Interesting, blake. I never put that together. I should have!
Were there flashbacks to his training at the temple?
Snatch the pebble from my hand, grass-hoppah.
Or in Beauty and the Beast: Hand the pebble to my snatch...
LOL, Ruth Anne.
Did Catherine ever sleep with the Beast on the show? Must look this up....
Didn't B&B have flashbacks? The young beast?
Maybe not.
I'm pretty sure the Beauty and The Beast got it on, in millions of women's minds if nowhere else.
Linda Hamilton had some incrdible lips didn't she?
HERE'S another dark-haired green-eyed stunner I snatched off the intertube.
She gave Carrie Fisher a run for her money in Spaceballs, but I absolutely loved her in The Sure Thing, though I'm sure many folks prefer the blonde in the bikini.
Ah, yes, The Sure Thing.
"This is the ugliest girl in California."
Just noticed one can watch the entire movie on YourTube. Personally, I find romance comedies to generally be Emo Porn and can be harmful to one's psyche, especially for women and young girls who are vulnerable and not as intelligent as Ruth Anne, but with that disclaimer, it's a good movie with a good theme. Just watch the final part and you can get the best of it without ending up with anything too gooey stuck to your soul. Plus the end, just before the credits roll, has a good song with Ray singing. Don't watch the whole thing with your wife or girlfriend unless you want them gettin all up on you at the end. Just don't say I didn't warn you...
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