http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/05/after-dinapoli-restores-a-pension-cuomo-takes-it-away/ Political news in the Lower Hudson Valley, New York state. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/05/after-dinapoli-restores-a-pension-cuomo-takes-it-away/comment-page-1/#comment-48400 smartporpoise Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:51:45 +0000 http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/?p=12372#comment-48400 Cuomo has cleverly put himself in the unique position that he could run, and possibly win, without major party endorsement by appealing directly to the people, using public financing. And that is the future - probably distant future, but Party politics' days are definitively numbered. The people (at least the large middle and youth) have had it with incumbents who are beholden to special interests and Party strangleholds. There will be many fakers along the route, Cuomo probably included, but the handwriting is on the wall. Cuomo has cleverly put himself in the unique position that he could run, and possibly win, without major party endorsement by appealing directly to the people, using public financing. And that is the future – probably distant future, but Party politics’ days are definitively numbered. The people (at least the large middle and youth) have had it with incumbents who are beholden to special interests and Party strangleholds. There will be many fakers along the route, Cuomo probably included, but the handwriting is on the wall.

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