tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post3393282439166937484..comments2024-03-28T16:56:43.759-04:00Comments on Waddy Is Right: Good News/Bad NewsNicholas Waddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-76886203022611634742018-11-30T13:39:43.587-05:002018-11-30T13:39:43.587-05:00Jack, if it makes you feel any better, we're a...Jack, if it makes you feel any better, we're already pretty far down the socialist hole -- how much further can we go??? Time will tell.Nicholas Waddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-38739017800226654462018-11-29T16:31:03.694-05:002018-11-29T16:31:03.694-05:00Dr. Waddy: Cathy Young said in an article in Olean...Dr. Waddy: Cathy Young said in an article in Olean TH that downstate is now more powerful than ever and that its power has been accumulating and increasing apace for some time now. Some commentators think California is now permanently lost to the GOP, despite its having elected Republican governors in the recent past. NY may well now be the East Coast equivalent of CA in that regard. Brown, Cuomo and the new CA Gov. appear to be saying, "we're going ahead with socialism and if you don't like it, 'so sue us' ". The next four years will probably show us if upstate retains any power over its own governance; Cuomo will provide more than enough motivation in his contemptuous scorn for upstate values - we'll see if we have any juice left at all, be it from any source - the legislative skill of people like Cathy Young, the electorate or the Federal judiciary. Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685137896038330527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-81334991481643109362018-11-29T13:58:43.064-05:002018-11-29T13:58:43.064-05:00Rod, I suspect you're right that Cuomo would b...Rod, I suspect you're right that Cuomo would be passed over for a cabinet job too. Ambassador to Burkina Faso? He seems eminently well-qualified for that.<br /><br />Jack, I suppose there's always the chance that the political pendulum will swing back the other way and either Republicans will retake the State Senate or a Republican will defeat Cuomo in 2022. Stranger things have happened. I'm sure there will be some kind of reaction to Democratic excesses, even in this chronically misgoverned state.Nicholas Waddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-30262746903666663772018-11-28T10:07:33.385-05:002018-11-28T10:07:33.385-05:00Dr. Waddy and Rod: I had thought for a long time t...Dr. Waddy and Rod: I had thought for a long time that Cuomo had given up on running but I was recently told by a prominent NY office holder that he is running. This announcement and your views on it incline me to think now that he probably has relented. I suppose he could never have abided breakfast in Newton, Ks. He would have gone but he would have pontificated without restrain and his revulsion for the real America would have been written all over him.<br /><br />I wish the President had not fired Preet Bahrara. I got the sense he was closing in on Cuomo.<br /><br />We are now subjects in NY, not citizens. SCOTUS be our champion! Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685137896038330527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-68224103225539710662018-11-28T06:37:16.289-05:002018-11-28T06:37:16.289-05:00Cuomo is not running because he knows that he has ...Cuomo is not running because he knows that he has no chance nationally to win. His power is in New York. Being governor of a large state with little in the way of competition is not a bad gig to have.<br /><br />He may very well be taken out by fellow Democrats, but not likely before the 2026 election. He's too powerful. Also, the only Cabinet job he might be remotely qualified for is Attorney General, and there's too much baggage for him to be appointed to that post. Rod Carvethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07603160183337170296noreply@blogger.com