Blah blah blah. That's what California Republicans always said about Pete Wilson. What happened? Things were fine till we got a Dem in there, and within 5 years the roof fell in.
Be greatful for Pataki. He's kept NY afloat wether you like it or not.
NY has been kept afloat, to the extent that it has, by the financial industry and tourism. The smothering, job-killing weight of high taxes and oppressive regulations have continued unchanged for the past ten years. I can't count how many friends have taken jobs out of state, something I'm now seriously considering myself. Would a Democrat be worse? Sure, I suppose, but I expected something much different from Pataki, something more than not-quite-as-bad as the alternative.