Even the funny little foreign guys in AlQaida recognized this when they attacked the City ~ they understood it would be difficult for the rest of us to work up any concern over these people ~ and that we'd probably let them get away with it.
Well, AlQaida was wrong but New Yorkers still don't get it.
Shocking, isn't it? (/s)
Cuomo's positives are below Paladino's negatives - an "embrace" of Cuomo would imply that his positives are increasing dramatically.
That isn't the case.