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Cuomo Will Wait to Announce What Everyone Knows
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John Del Signore
Published Feb 26, 2010
Modified Feb 26, 2010
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Immediately after Governor Paterson exited the room where his press conference was held today, New York State Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs seized the moment and held his own press conference, for the purposes of crowning Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. "Andrew Cuomo is going to be our nominee," Jacobs said, according to Politico. "I would suspect there will be rapid movement to Cuomo. I will be endorsing him. He's the natural choice." So natural, so organic, the way the Democrats finally separated Paterson from his gubernatorial ambition and hoisted Cuomo on their shoulders—with Paterson probably still within earshot! But Cuomo's still acting coy. Or is classy the right word? He issued this statement today:
I am sure this is a difficult choice and a sad day for the Governor and his family. It is in the best interests of all New Yorkers that the state government function through this difficult time and address the pressing budgetary problems we face. This is an election year and I will announce my plans at the appropriate time. In the meantime, I will continue to focus on my job as Attorney General and the many important issues we are pursuing.
Whether he announces his candidacy next week or next month, everyone knows he's now the Democratic nominee, and as such he'll be expected to start explaining just what he intends to do as Governor. Throughout both of their unofficial campaigns, Paterson repeatedly blasted Cuomo for not stepping up and announcing his intention to run. But that strategy worked pretty well for Cuomo so far, so why stop now?
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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