Who will primary Andrew Cuomo?

[Dawson Leery]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/02/1288669/-Who-Will-Primary-Andrew-DINO-Cuomo#

"New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has a long history of betraying Democrats.

For me, the final straw is Cuomo's eleventh hour sellout to the charter school lobby. I hope someone runs against him in this year's primary for Governor.

Why don't I like the charter deal? It's not just me. Last fall, and after 12 years of Bloomberg's veiled Republicanism, New York City elected Democrat Bill de Blasio in a landslide. De Blasio won 73% of the City's vote. Among many things he said in his campaign De Blasio promised to end Bloomberg's favoring charter schools over neighborhood schools. Cuomo's bill nullifies the City's election.

What's wrong with the charter deal? Besides the insult to the City's voters, there was the cynical last-minuteness of the deal. There was no public debate. The provisions were added to the budget deal on Friday, conveniently avoiding any major news cycles. And the budget was passed on Monday. (And seemingly just to emphasize the attack on the City's voters and the Mayor, the provisions affect only New York City and no other school district in New York State)."

I would have trouble pulling the lever for Andy this fall (fortunately I live in CT).
I understand why we must have more centrist candidates in states such as Louisiana and Georgia.
I see no reason why we need them in dark blue New York.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Upstate is not that blue.

[Enthusiast]

9. The entire state votes.

[stevenleser]

2. At this point, we're much more likely to lose De Blasio than Cuomo. We need to focus on

shoring up De Blasio and not worry about Cuomo.

[Dawson Leery]

3. Loose De Blasio?

[stevenleser]

4. Yep.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/mayor-de-blasio-approval-ratings-drop-new-poll-blog-entry-1.1733211

[Dawson Leery]

5. Not too bad considering the media has been attacking him.

It is still very early in the term though.

[seveneyes]

12. After just two months!

That can also mean that there is a smaller subset that is Extremely pleased with his actions.

[badtoworse]

17. DeBlasio will be a one termer. I don't know anyone who's happy with what he's done so far.

[theboss]

18. New Yorkers seem to not totally trust people like themselves running the city

It's the weirdest thing. It's like, "We can't be trusted to run this place. Get us an unpleasant autocrat- who likes gay people - stat!"

No one is going to lose an election in this century because they took on the public school system. If you ever want to see a strong Democratic constituency turn on us, let's insist that all urban blacks have no choice but to send their kids to public schools.

[Nye Bevan]

6. It would be interesting if a leftist socialist firebrand type primaried him.

Then we would get to see what brand of Democratic candidate the voters of NY really prefer.

[Dawson Leery]

7. Yes they would.

It is a pity Andy is doing this.

[Enthusiast]

8. New York should not elect blue dogs.

Andrew Cuomo is unfit for office.

[brooklynite]

10. Can you point to any Democrat anywhere who lost a Primary over Charter Schools?

Outside of SOME Union voters, I don't think opposing Charter Schools has much resonance.

[badtoworse]

11. Did you look at the parents who were screaming about losing their charter schools?

What I saw were inner-city, minority people who likely couldn't afford a private school and didn't want their kids "educated" in a NYC public school. I'll bet many of those parents went to a NYC public school themselves and are now enjoying the fruits of the "education" they got.

NYC's public schools sucked when I was in high school (50 years ago) and from what I can see they're no better today. Anyone who believes that kids are the first priority should celebrate what Cuomo and the state legislature did. They had the wisdom to offer at least some of the city's kids a chance to get something the public schools don't offer - a decent education.

[seveneyes]

13. a chance to get something the public schools don't offer - a decent education.

Maybe the real target should be fixing whatever is causing such a undesirable situation. It is imperative that public schools do provide a decent education.

[badtoworse]

14. People have been saying that for decades, but it never happens.

It's time for something else.

[seveneyes]

15. The problem needs to be owned

Like all public funded systems, who owns it is obvious. The fact that herding all the owners into the same pasture is near impossible, a responsible owner is still needed. I don't have the answer. A polite and efficient dictatorship might work.

[badtoworse]

16. I like the idea of eliminating the monopoly - provide parents with another option.

The only reason NYC public schools have been able to survive is because many parents can't afford to send their kids elsewhere.