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Posted by Wallyhorse on Mon Mar 23 05:35:19 2015, in response to Attn: Wallyhorse -- Re: All Transit Closing at 11 Tonight, posted by TerrapIN StatiON on Sun Mar 22 20:12:26 2015. Lets see:It looks like for one Wall Street DOESN'T have to sue. They have other ways they can get back at Cuomo that they can do legally and potentially make like miserable for the Dems, mainly funding Republican candidates beyond what they would have otherwise (especially with candidates in tight races well outside New York) in an attempt the Dems don't get control of the House and Senate back in 2016. In case you forgot, the blowback from that shutdown was huge as Cuomo violated Rule #1 of politics by PO'ing Wall Street (David Faber would not have blasted Cuomo repeatedly like he did on CNBC unless Wall Street felt that way as he has a ton of credibility there for being accurate). A couple of days after that storm, we suddenly have the MTA "exploring" keeping the underground portion open during storms after they and Cuomo got slammed. The latter suggests Democratic Party leaders likely made it clear to Cuomo that priority #1 for 2016 (besides retaining the White House) is to get back control of the House and Senate and his shutting down the subways during that storm may have the effect of severely hurting their chances in races outside New York if the so-called "self-centered wealthy" fund Republican candidates they would not have otherwise just to get back at Cuomo. With the Dems already facing an onslaught from wealthy Republican donors (including the Koch Brothers pledging to use up to $1 BILLION of their own money to fund candidates), something like that shutdown makes it that much more difficult if the "self-centered wealthy" on Wall Street try to extract revenge on Cuomo for shutting down the system and preventing employees who had to be home with their families and not stay in a hotel from getting to work by adding to the money already pledged to fund Republican candidates. The DNC in my view likely made it clear to Cuomo never to do that again or face being "persona non grata" in the Democratic Party if they do not win back the House and/or Senate in 2016, especially by a narrow margin and even more if it were proven that shutdown proved to be the difference. If that happened, I would suspect the DNC would then heavily fund their own candidate to beat Cuomo in 2018 if Cuomo runs again. The Dems have learned from 2000 and '04 not to overlook stuff like that. If Cuomo indeed got a verbal talk-to over that shutdown, that is why. |
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