Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced his campaign for governor with a video released early Saturday morning, finally making official his entrance into the race for governor this fall.Democrats still don't have an assured victory here, Republican Rick Lazio will certainly run not against Cuomo himself, but current Dem Gov. Paterson and former Dem Gov. Elliot Spitzer. If Lazio can make the race about corrupt Democrats in the Governor's mansion, he's got a real shot. But considering Cuomo has a reputation for going after Democrats, and has in fact been the guy to prosecute matters against Spitzer, Paterson, and Wall Street...Lazio's going to have a really difficult time making that case.
Mr. Cuomo’s announcement comes only days before the state Democratic convention is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Rye Brook, N.Y., and follows months of private planning. Mr. Cuomo has no competition for the Democratic nomination and has been moving to assert control over the state party, and the 2010 ticket, for several months. Gov. David A. Paterson, a fellow Democrat, withdrew from the race in February. “I’m Andrew Cuomo, and I’ve always worked for you,” Mr. Cuomo said in his one-minute-47-second video. “Over my career, I’ve worked to help the homeless, students, consumers and the taxpayers who are outraged by Wall Street bonuses. I’ve worked for you, but now I need your help.”
Cuomo in other words is the perfect law and order candidate to keep New York blue...with the record to back it up.
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Democrats still don't have an assured victory here
Maybe not, but Quinnipiac says Cuomo's lead over Lazio is 55%-26%. Far be it from me to ever say a Democrat has a comfortable lead, but this is a pretty sweet one so far (and Cuomo has never said he fought in Nam...).
There's also the issue that if Cuomo had some really nasty skeletons in his closet, the Wall Street types would have found it and used it.
I just don't want to jinx Cuomo by saying he's got it bagged, because if anything the last 10 years in politics have proven there's no such thing as a sure winner.
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