NY Gov 2010: Siena sez Bloomberg leads Spitzer 50-37, Spitzer JA@41 Fav/55 Unfav

[Sam Spade]

The downfall continues.  From Siena College (which is ok for NY polling):

http://www.siena.edu/level2col.aspx?menu_id=562&id=12081&terms=poll

Spitzer Job Approval:
41% Favorable (-3)
55% Unfavorable (+6)

Spitzer Personal Ratings:
54% Favorable (-2)
36% Unfavorable (+10)

Illegals to Get Drivers' Licenses
22% For
72% Against (including 59% of Dems)

2010 Hypothetical
Bloomberg 50% (41)
Spitzer 37% (43)

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Damn, the media is good at taking down Democrats.

[Sam Spade]

Damn, the media is good at taking down Democrats.

The wounds have all been self-inflicted in this case.  Sorry, fern.

[Conan]

Not saying that Bloomberg wouldn't have made him vulnerable in the first place but Spitzer will be fine, otherwise.

[Mr.Phips]

I am assuming this would be Bloomberg running as an independent, right?

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

I am assuming this would be Bloomberg running as an independent, right?

Nope.

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I'm not sure how that'd work exactly.  He'd be in great shape running as a Republican, but ironically, it'd be harder this time if he was running as an Indy (with a GOP candidate thrown in the mix to siphon off 15% minimum).

And, of course, it's not like he can just jump back into the GOP.  It'd take, basically, an agreement by the NY GOP to not run a candidate.  (Which is entirely unrealistic.)

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Not to worry:

-Spitzer still has plenty of time to recover
-His opponent won't be Bloomberg (at least not as a Republican), and will likely be some Faso-esque joke.

Hell, if I remember correctly, Bloomberg's numbers in 2003 were FAR worse than Spitzer's now, and completely tanking. Bush was probably more popular than Bloomberg in NYC at the time, as strange as that sounds.

[WalterMitty]

i saw this trainwreck coming....

hard to believe so many people thought spitzer would actually be a good governor.

[CPT MikeyMike]

i saw this trainwreck coming....

hard to believe so many people thought spitzer would actually be a good governor.

Sounds like the New York version of Devel Patrick.

However, I'm not buying this for a dollar. He's been in office for 10 months and has 3 years to go.

[Sam Spade]

i saw this trainwreck coming....

hard to believe so many people thought spitzer would actually be a good governor.

Sounds like the New York version of Devel Patrick.

However, I'm not buying this for a dollar. He's been in office for 10 months and has 3 years to go.

Maybe he'll learn how to govern.  But right now, everything that he's doing is going to have the effect of turning people against him (and is doing so). 

This is not something that's going to change b/c NYers' opinions of his actions are going to change.  Rather, Spitzer is going to have to change.  Just FYI.

[Erc]

As I've said before...I didn't vote for the guy, for many reasons, including the ones that are leading to his problems now.

Ouch for Spitzer on the drivers' license results, though.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I suspect Spitzer's support of drivers' licenses for illegals is what spawned Stark's latest obsession?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

According to that poll, Bloomberg leads in New York City while Spitzer leads in rural upstate.

That'd almost be worth it just to see that county map. Of course it won't happen.