SECRET POLLS: DEMS DOOMED

New York Post ^ | 7/22/02 | FREDRIC U. DICKER

[kattracks]

July 22, 2002 -- TOP-SECRET polling has convinced key Democrats that Gov. Pataki can't be beaten in the November election by either Carl McCall or Andrew Cuomo, The Post has learned.

The polls, now circulating at the highest levels of state and national Democratic Party politics, found Pataki leading both potential Democratic opponents by more than 30 percentage points in bellwether suburban counties.

[pariah]

Hope this is true. Hard to imagine what the likes of Andrew Cuomo could do to NY state, if elected.

[NYpeanut]

It's not hard to imagine if you recall his old man. Mario's lingering damage is a testament to Cuomo ineptitude. And speaking of inept, there's McCall.

I hope Cuomo gets the dem nomination, just so he can be huniliated in November like his daddy was in the last decade.

[backhoe]

Andy has quite a history:

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[Norman Conquest]

Pary for all the corrupt Clintonistas to win their primaries -- Reno, Reich, Cuomo, Emmanuel -- so the headline in November will read "Across America, Voters Reject Clinton Legacy."

[InvisibleChurch]

oh, i think it would be something if they all lost their primaries so it could be said that democrats reject the klinton legacy...after all it would be too easy for them to claim conservative hate-voting as a reason for their losses

[Gophack]

Ping on Pataki

[andy_card]

Top Secret Polling? I'm sorry, but I've worked on more than a few campaigns. What the heck's the difference between ordinary campaign polling and super double-secret polling? Anybody know? Anybody? Bueler? Anybody?

The Post has something of a reputation for sensationalism. Does anybody in NY know how they've done for accuracy on similar "scoops?"

[Aedammair]

Speaking as an upstate New Yorker; I don't think Cuomo has a ghost of chance because too many people will link him to his father, and he's pretty much detested everywhere else in the state except NYC. McCall has at least a chance, but his persona leaves a lot to be desired and so far the issues he's chosen to expound on give one the sense that he is bereft of that so sought after quality; the "vision" thing.

I'm not a fan of Pataki's at all, so as it stands today I'll be voting for Tom Golisano, the Independent candidate. Voting for Pataki was palatable when trying to remove "molto Mario", but now the equation has changed and he governs much, too much like a liberal for my taste.