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Bamey to Drop Biden for 2012
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dika-dika
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Date: July 04, 2011 05:40PM
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/that_the_ticket_5XPTo4YnZCqdLnKm3JXKBK
Prominent Republican is joining a prominent Democrat in predicting that Gov. Cuomo will become President Obama's running mate for vice president next year.
Former New York GOP boss William Powers, credited with playing a key role in electing Rudy Giuliani mayor and George Pataki governor, was effusive in his praise of Cuomo's successes in the just-ended legislative session, and in his prediction of the freshman governor's political future.
"Andrew had a fabulous session. It was fabulous. A property-tax cap, ethics reform and, for Democrats, gay marriage," said Powers.
"I don't think there's any doubt Obama is going to pick him as his running mate. The president is in trouble and [Vice President Joseph] Biden doesn't bring anything to his ticket.
"The president will call him up later this year and say, 'Andrew, you have to do this for the good of the country.' What's Andrew going to say, 'No?' "
Cuomo, who saw a flurry of predictions last week in the wake of the gay-marriage victory that he'll run for president in 2016, has repeatedly refused to discuss the possibility of higher office.
He wouldn't comment either on Powers' prediction, but a source familiar with his thinking half-jokingly said this when asked what action Cuomo would take if Obama called to offer him the nation's No. 2 position: "He won't answer."
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown earlier this year also predicted that Obama would pick Cuomo to replace Biden, who he claimed would be named by the president to replace Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
"He's a big name, a big-state governor, and a Democrat who is taking on the issue of public-employee salaries and pensions. Plus, he looks good," Brown said of Cuomo.
Cuomo wouldn't have to resign as governor to run for vice president, although many voters would likely react negatively since he could be leaving office just two years into his four-year term.
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The Cuomo administration is charging The New York Times with using its news pages to crusade against natural-gas drilling in the impoverished Southern Tier section upstate.
"To get the story so blatantly wrong by posting a misleading headline on the Times' home page is a disservice to your readers," Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens wrote to the paper Friday in reference to a Times "exclusive" that Cuomo had supposedly given a go-ahead to use the controversial hydrofracturing technique for gas drilling.
"The Times has a responsibility to present accurate and balanced coverage of such a controversial matter, and it failed miserably in this case," Martens, a Cuomo appointee, continued.
"The article, 'Cuomo Moving to End a Freeze on Gas Drilling,' failed to present an even and objective story. The single environmental viewpoint was that of the Environmental Advocates of NY when several other environmental groups -- the National Resources Defense Council, the Adirondack Mountain Club, and the NY League of Conservation Voters -- all released statements supportive of DEC's proposal," Marten said in a letter, a copy of which was obtained by
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/that_the_ticket_5XPTo4YnZCqdLnKm3JXKBK#ixzz1RAuFbBUu
Let run a Pool on this. Will he or won't he.
Per Bamey, Biden don't bring shit to the ticket.
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Prominent Republican is joining a prominent Democrat in predicting that Gov. Cuomo will become President Obama's running mate for vice president next year.
Former New York GOP boss William Powers, credited with playing a key role in electing Rudy Giuliani mayor and George Pataki governor, was effusive in his praise of Cuomo's successes in the just-ended legislative session, and in his prediction of the freshman governor's political future.
"Andrew had a fabulous session. It was fabulous. A property-tax cap, ethics reform and, for Democrats, gay marriage," said Powers.
"I don't think there's any doubt Obama is going to pick him as his running mate. The president is in trouble and [Vice President Joseph] Biden doesn't bring anything to his ticket.
"The president will call him up later this year and say, 'Andrew, you have to do this for the good of the country.' What's Andrew going to say, 'No?' "
Cuomo, who saw a flurry of predictions last week in the wake of the gay-marriage victory that he'll run for president in 2016, has repeatedly refused to discuss the possibility of higher office.
He wouldn't comment either on Powers' prediction, but a source familiar with his thinking half-jokingly said this when asked what action Cuomo would take if Obama called to offer him the nation's No. 2 position: "He won't answer."
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown earlier this year also predicted that Obama would pick Cuomo to replace Biden, who he claimed would be named by the president to replace Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
"He's a big name, a big-state governor, and a Democrat who is taking on the issue of public-employee salaries and pensions. Plus, he looks good," Brown said of Cuomo.
Cuomo wouldn't have to resign as governor to run for vice president, although many voters would likely react negatively since he could be leaving office just two years into his four-year term.
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The Cuomo administration is charging The New York Times with using its news pages to crusade against natural-gas drilling in the impoverished Southern Tier section upstate.
"To get the story so blatantly wrong by posting a misleading headline on the Times' home page is a disservice to your readers," Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens wrote to the paper Friday in reference to a Times "exclusive" that Cuomo had supposedly given a go-ahead to use the controversial hydrofracturing technique for gas drilling.
"The Times has a responsibility to present accurate and balanced coverage of such a controversial matter, and it failed miserably in this case," Martens, a Cuomo appointee, continued.
"The article, 'Cuomo Moving to End a Freeze on Gas Drilling,' failed to present an even and objective story. The single environmental viewpoint was that of the Environmental Advocates of NY when several other environmental groups -- the National Resources Defense Council, the Adirondack Mountain Club, and the NY League of Conservation Voters -- all released statements supportive of DEC's proposal," Marten said in a letter, a copy of which was obtained by
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/that_the_ticket_5XPTo4YnZCqdLnKm3JXKBK#ixzz1RAuFbBUu
Let run a Pool on this. Will he or won't he.
Per Bamey, Biden don't bring shit to the ticket.
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Re: Bamey to Drop Biden for 2012
Posted by:
AFROMAN
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Date: July 04, 2011 05:52PM
OBAMA SUCKS BIG DICKS
Re: Bamey to Drop Biden for 2012
Posted by:
WashingTone-Locian
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Date: July 04, 2011 06:16PM
Obama may drop Biden, but he gains nothing from Cuomo. Ideally it would be a woman...Hillary or Sebilius...or a Reagan Dem-type...Bayh. Cuomo rally amounts to nothing.
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Re: Bamey to Drop Biden for 2012
Posted by:
barney the bloody clown
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Date: July 04, 2011 06:19PM
WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> Obama may drop Biden, but he gains nothing from
> Cuomo. Ideally it would be a woman...Hillary or
> Sebilius...or a Reagan Dem-type...Bayh. Cuomo
> rally amounts to nothing.
Can you say desperate? I can. Des-per-ate. Repeat it.
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> Obama may drop Biden, but he gains nothing from
> Cuomo. Ideally it would be a woman...Hillary or
> Sebilius...or a Reagan Dem-type...Bayh. Cuomo
> rally amounts to nothing.
Can you say desperate? I can. Des-per-ate. Repeat it.
Re: Bamey to Drop Biden for 2012
Posted by:
Hatemotor
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Date: July 04, 2011 06:26PM
I started predicting Obama would change VPs months ago,,,
He's got to do something to energize the campaign,,,making Biden Sec of State is a good way to get him off the ticket,,,
He's got to do something to energize the campaign,,,making Biden Sec of State is a good way to get him off the ticket,,,
Re: Bamey to Drop Biden for 2012
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4 more years
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Date: July 04, 2011 07:43PM
Letting Biden retire and adding Ms. Clinton would pretty much guarantee another 12 years of Democratic Presidents.
Re: Bamey to Drop Biden for 2012
Posted by:
Registered Voter
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Date: July 05, 2011 02:37PM
Obama Campaign Rejects Claim Biden May Be Replaced by Cuomo on 2012 Ticket
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/05/campaign-denies-biden-to-be-replaced-by-cuomo-on-2012-ticket/
Vice President Joe Biden is on the 2012 re-election ticket, President Obama's aides said Tuesday after a report suggested that the campaign may be willing to replace him with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The New York Post reported that Cuomo, who was elected governor in November 2010, is having a great year. Some in the state GOP even say he'd be an asset to the president.
"I don't think there's any doubt Obama is going to pick him as his running mate. The president is in trouble and Biden doesn't bring anything to his ticket," said William Powers, a former New York Republican Party chairman, according to The Post.
But the claims that Cuomo will be called up to serve may just be a "trial balloon" out by Albany rather than Washington, said K.T. McFarland, a Fox News national security analyst who ran as a Republican in 2006 for the New York Senate seat....
If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/05/campaign-denies-biden-to-be-replaced-by-cuomo-on-2012-ticket/
Vice President Joe Biden is on the 2012 re-election ticket, President Obama's aides said Tuesday after a report suggested that the campaign may be willing to replace him with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The New York Post reported that Cuomo, who was elected governor in November 2010, is having a great year. Some in the state GOP even say he'd be an asset to the president.
"I don't think there's any doubt Obama is going to pick him as his running mate. The president is in trouble and Biden doesn't bring anything to his ticket," said William Powers, a former New York Republican Party chairman, according to The Post.
But the claims that Cuomo will be called up to serve may just be a "trial balloon" out by Albany rather than Washington, said K.T. McFarland, a Fox News national security analyst who ran as a Republican in 2006 for the New York Senate seat....
If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University
Re: Bamey to Drop Biden for 2012
Posted by:
SoylentGreen
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Date: July 05, 2011 04:49PM
4 more years Wrote:
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> Letting Biden retire and adding Ms. Clinton would
> pretty much guarantee another 12 years of
> Democratic Presidents.
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> Letting Biden retire and adding Ms. Clinton would
> pretty much guarantee another 12 years of
> Democratic Presidents.
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Re: Bamey to Drop Biden for 2012
Posted by:
Hatemotor
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Date: July 05, 2011 05:04PM
Not only does Obama have to dump Biden to create some momentum,,,he needs to ditch Geitner and the rest of the Goldman mob in the administration.
And make a well thought out decision who should replace Hillary as secretary of state, not just appoint a political croney,,,
And make a well thought out decision who should replace Hillary as secretary of state, not just appoint a political croney,,,
Re: Bamey to Drop Biden for 2012
Posted by:
contractor
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Date: July 05, 2011 05:12PM
Hillary would be awesome. 12 more years!!!
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