The gushing for Andrew Cuomo's first six months continues with this op/ed from Maureen Dowd. But since Maureen is one of the better writers out there, I always enjoy her take and she is right that Mr. Cuomo has skillfully altered Albany's image and developed a national following by seizing the marriage issue at a time when others didn't see that a lot of people were ready to accept the change or at least not violently opposed to it.
President Obama lost the initiative with the left on that, and nobody on the right really believes him when he says he is against it.
The Governor is shopping his image as an "aggressive progressive" committed to social change but willing to loosen his family's bear hug for big government.
I don't know if its "Utopia on the Hudson." That may be an oxymoron.....But its better than it was and the capital is off the laughingstock list at least temporarily.
Utopia on the Hudson - NYTimes.com
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Just so heartwarming that access to the utopian Magic Kingdom was SSM. Now let's get rid of half the gov't agencies and really celebrate.
Pure political Pablum The man has only been here 6 months - lets see a record after a term and see IF ANY of this works !
The Tax cap is a luke warm effort at best so far, too flawed by allowing bonding for pensions .
Passing a budget on time, BIG deal , they're elected to do that . That's setting the bar as low as you can go as far as measuring success. That kind of comment is laughable.
The gay marriage thing is a major "swoon" for the press and the the gays otherwise NOT SO MUCH .
So i guess i EXPECT a lot not a little and will reserve deifying a "rookie" until i see a serious and sustainable record stand the test of time and fire .
So far the jury is out for those of us who are not political junkies or hangers on .
He is the Italian Obama.
praised for doing nothing.
A career of shame, extorting money from businesses using the force of the Attorney General seat.Then instead of giving the money back to the people that were supposedly overpaying a business, he spent it at will.
The only thing he did of substance was pass a budget that did not increase spending as much as we have historically.
HE HAS DONE NOTHING!
The tax cap? Meaningless. Nothing has changed. Municipal boards can increase spending unchecked with a 3 to 5 vote; and school districts can increase spending unchecked with a 60% vote. It's difficult to fathom how anyone could've voted for such nonsense, let alone thump their chest.
Same things with ethics reform. And gay marriage? An aberration.
Judging by the comments on this thread, not everyone has drank the Kool-Aid. Thank God!
The Emperor has no clothes, people!
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