Amazingly enough, even the state of New York is not immune to the insanity known as the Tea Party. I swear if Paladino wins this election I don't know where else a liberal can go! If a diary about this has already been posted I will delete this one. I am beside myself. The article from the New York Times is below:
Updated, 12:50 p.m. | Andrew M. Cuomo’s painstakingly-constructed veneer of political inevitability began to crack on Wednesday, as a new poll showing his Republican opponent, Carl P. Paladino, within striking distance underscored growing strains within his campaign over how to grapple with Mr. Paladino’s unexpected strength in the race.
Just hours after the poll came out, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg publicly endorsed Mr. Cuomo, and much of the back-and-forth with reporters that followed focused on the coming fight with Mr. Paladino and his recent caustic comments about Mr. Cuomo.
Released Wednesday by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, the poll found that Mr. Cuomo, the state attorney general and Democratic candidate for governor, leads Mr. Paladino by just 49 percent to 43 percent among likely voters, driven by overwhelming support for Mr. Paladino by voters considering themselves part of the Tea Party movement.
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