Despite the public backing NY Governor Andrew Cuomo gives Barack Hussein Obama, what is whispered in private is different. Many Democratic insiders have notice that Cuomo has expressed only lukewarm support for the Obama Regime. He has tended to keep his distance from Obama and his governing style has been totally different.
Unlike Barack Hussein Obama, Gov. Coumo governs as a fiscal and economic Conservative. He doesn’t engage in demagoguery of businesses or the rich. He has taken on the public sector unions in his state. He has capped property taxes, which has been killing NY economically. He is the UnObama and it actually is in his interest for Obama to lose in 2016.
Will Gov. Cuomo be backing the Republican candidate for president next year?
Certainly not openly. But privately, that could be another matter.
Two nationally prominent Republicans, in an assessment that’s begun being whispered in some Democratic circles, contend it’s in Cuomo’s political interest for President Obama to be defeated next year.
“If I’m Gov. Cuomo, I want to see Obama defeated rather than re-elected in 2012,” said GOP pollster/strategist John McLaughlin, whose New York-based company boasts a top-flight client list that includes House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.).
“The question is, ‘Would Cuomo rather run in 2016 against a first-term Republican or in the aftermath of a second term of Obama, the most left-wing president we may have ever seen, with economic policies that harm the private sector with massive tax increases and a homeland-security path that includes hostility to Israel?’ “
McLaughlin continued, “Cuomo has a different, far more moderate, model where he has cut spending, didn’t raise taxes, capped property taxes and hasn’t engaged in the class-warfare, anti-Wall Street rhetoric that the president has used.
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If Andrew Cuomo continues his fiscal and economic policies, he will be very formidable. But the only way he has a shot in 2016, is an Obama defeat in 2012. A 2nd Obama term would be disastrous for the country. It would also make the Democratic brand toxic, so that in 2016 no Democrat can win. If Obama loses, this gives Cuomo a shot in 2016, depending on how the Republican governs.
Don’t expect Cuomo out on the stump for Barack Hussein Obama in 2012.
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