NY 2022 - Zeldin/Esposito, Libertarian & WFP updates

[Suburbia]

Ex-NYC mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa endorses Andrew Giuliani for governor, attacks presumptive nominee Lee Zeldin

https://nypost.com/2021/12/26/curtis-sliwa-backs-andrew-giuliani-for-new-york-governor/

[Suburbia]

Zeldin will not win, but he will probably get 40% of the vote.

He should pick a minority for his running mate.

He should pick Fernando Mateo as his running mate. But Mateo is from Downstate, like Zeldin

[President Johnson]

Zeldin will not win, but he will probably get 40% of the vote.

He should pick a minority for his running mate.

He should pick Fernando Mateo as his running mate. But Mateo is from Downstate, like Zeldin

Do you actually think the running mate means that much in a gubernatorial election? It's up for debate at the presidential level, but most lieutenant governors remain pretty low profile and may only get a few additional votes from their homebase.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

Zeldin will not win, but he will probably get 40% of the vote.

He should pick a minority for his running mate.

He should pick Fernando Mateo as his running mate. But Mateo is from Downstate, like Zeldin

Do you actually think the running mate means that much in a gubernatorial election? It's up for debate at the presidential level, but most lieutenant governors remain pretty low profile and may only get a few additional votes from their homebase.

In some states it’s an elected position, some it’s a ticket with the gubernatorial nominee, others they run together on a ticket in the general but not the primary. Some don’t have the position at all. So it really depends on the state

[lfromnj]

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2022/01/03/sabrina-lamar-first-black-woman-lead-monroe-county-ny-legislature/9077091002/

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Suozzi apparently thinks Hochul losing is guaranteed:

https://twitter.com/freedlander/status/1478398077241286662?t=FQdZxi4ocVyNLbVTxKN...

[Meatball Ron]

Suozzi apparently thinks Hochul losing is guaranteed:

https://twitter.com/freedlander/status/1478398077241286662?t=FQdZxi4ocVyNLbVTxKN...

I'm not some huge Hochul stan or anything but this guy is such a prick

[President Johnson]

Suozzi apparently thinks Hochul losing is guaranteed:

https://twitter.com/freedlander/status/1478398077241286662?t=FQdZxi4ocVyNLbVTxKN...

Lmao, support for this guy so great that he hasn't even an endorsement list on Wikipedia.

[Suburbia]

Suozzi's moderate politics plays well in some parts of the state, but he won't win.

He should run for Nassau County Executive in 2025.

[President Johnson]

Suozzi's moderate politics plays well in some parts of the state, but he won't win.

He should run for Nassau County Executive in 2025.

Do you think he will finish ahead of Jumaane? I don't think so, if he even makes it to the primary.

[Calthrina950]

Suozzi apparently thinks Hochul losing is guaranteed:

https://twitter.com/freedlander/status/1478398077241286662?t=FQdZxi4ocVyNLbVTxKN...

I'm not some huge Hochul stan or anything but this guy is such a prick

Hopefully, he loses. I don't particularly like Hochul either, with her coronavirus policies being the most objectionable to me, but she's better than the alternatives at this stage. Williams is too far to the left for the state, and Zeldin (the likely Republican nominee) is a staunch Trumpist who voted to decertify the election results.

[Suburbia]

Suozzi's moderate politics plays well in some parts of the state, but he won't win.

He should run for Nassau County Executive in 2025.

Do you think he will finish ahead of Jumaane? I don't think so, if he even makes it to the primary.

Yes, because he siphons moderate voters on Long Island, etc. de Blasio probably is last place.

However, with the district attorneys dropping charges on Andrew Cuomo and with him having money still in his account, Cuomo may want to put his name on the ballot by now and April

[Duke of York]

Suozzi's moderate politics plays well in some parts of the state, but he won't win.

He should run for Nassau County Executive in 2025.

Do you think he will finish ahead of Jumaane? I don't think so, if he even makes it to the primary.

Yes, because he siphons moderate voters on Long Island, etc. de Blasio probably is last place.

However, with the district attorneys dropping charges on Andrew Cuomo and with him having money still in his account, Cuomo may want to put his name on the ballot by now and April

I don't see Cuomo running again.

[free my dawg]

Suozzi apparently thinks Hochul losing is guaranteed:

https://twitter.com/freedlander/status/1478398077241286662?t=FQdZxi4ocVyNLbVTxKN...

I'm not some huge Hochul stan or anything but this guy is such a prick

Hopefully, he loses. I don't particularly like Hochul either, with her coronavirus policies being the most objectionable to me, but she's better than the alternatives at this stage. Williams is too far to the left for the state, and Zeldin (the likely Republican nominee) is a staunch Trumpist who voted to decertify the election results.

Talk about too far left - Williams literally supports locking down our schools.

[Calthrina950]

Suozzi apparently thinks Hochul losing is guaranteed:

https://twitter.com/freedlander/status/1478398077241286662?t=FQdZxi4ocVyNLbVTxKN...

I'm not some huge Hochul stan or anything but this guy is such a prick

Hopefully, he loses. I don't particularly like Hochul either, with her coronavirus policies being the most objectionable to me, but she's better than the alternatives at this stage. Williams is too far to the left for the state, and Zeldin (the likely Republican nominee) is a staunch Trumpist who voted to decertify the election results.

Talk about too far left - Williams literally supports locking down our schools.

That's true. I think his overall policy record is one that would be poisonous to the average swing voter, and he's not the most ethical politician either. But New York is a state that hasn't been particularly blessed with its Governors over the past few decades. The only decent Governor the state has had this century is George Pataki.

[Sir Mohamed]

Tbh, I doubt Suozzi will actually stand in the primary. He'll drop out before as his campaign fails to gain traction. Hochul is already occupying the moderate lane, even if she has become more liberal as gov than she was decade ago in the House. It's a Hochul-Williams race. Should De Blasio be delusional enough to enter the race, he'll just take a few votes from Williams.

As for the GOP, I don't see how Zeldin isn't winning the nomination.

[President Johnson]

Hochul just gave her first State of State Address, proposing a "whole new era" and host of political priorities, among them 10 billion dollar in healthcare investments, moderate middle class tax cuts, 100 million for small business recovery, green energy investments and public housing initiatives. Concerns over her governing as a Blue Dog have not become true.

If she can get most of that done, it would be a strong legacy.

https://twitter.com/GovKathyHochul/status/1479595994870435844

[NewYorkExpress]

Hochul just gave her first State of State Address, proposing a "whole new era" and host of political priorities, among them 10 billion dollar in healthcare investments, moderate middle class tax cuts, 100 million for small business recovery, green energy investments and public housing initiatives. Concerns over her governing as a Blue Dog have not become true.

If she can get most of that done, it would be a strong legacy.

https://twitter.com/GovKathyHochul/status/1479595994870435844

Honestly, the tax cuts for anyone on the tax bracket, make her a Blue Dog, if not further to the right than that.

[President Johnson]

Hochul just gave her first State of State Address, proposing a "whole new era" and host of political priorities, among them 10 billion dollar in healthcare investments, moderate middle class tax cuts, 100 million for small business recovery, green energy investments and public housing initiatives. Concerns over her governing as a Blue Dog have not become true.

If she can get most of that done, it would be a strong legacy.

https://twitter.com/GovKathyHochul/status/1479595994870435844

Honestly, the tax cuts for anyone on the tax bracket, make her a Blue Dog, if not further to the right than that.

Isn't New York one of the highest taxed states? Passing a moderate tax relief for middle class folks and businesses to spend and reinvest seems to make sense unless it overburdens the state's treasury. I doubt a Democratic legislature with a decent number of progressives would even pass a Republican/Republican-light tax break bill.

[Suburbia]

Harry Wilson, a perennial NYGOP favorite and the 2010 Comptroller nominee, is considering running for New York governor....he will make a decision very soon.....

He would make the race more competitive than Zeldin, Astorino and Giuliani would.....

https://nypost.com/2022/01/09/millionaire-goper-harry-wilson-considering-run-for-ny-gov/

[NewYorkExpress]

Harry Wilson, a perennial NYGOP favorite and the 2010 Comptroller nominee, is considering running for New York governor....he will make a decision very soon.....

He would make the race more competitive than Zeldin, Astorino and Giuliani would.....

https://nypost.com/2022/01/09/millionaire-goper-harry-wilson-considering-run-for-ny-gov/

Interesting, but I don't think he'd beat Zeldin in the primary.

He probably should run against Schumer instead. I mean, sure, he'd get flattened, but at least he'd probably win the primary, and he'd probably get an endorsement from Trump.

[GregTheGreat657]

https://twitter.com/jessieopie/status/1480977944927428614
It would be good to see him again for one last ride.

He's probably not winning the primary. But I doubt he evens runs. Just like Pataki floated a run in New York last year.

I wish Pataki ran, so he would have a solid chance of winning a general election

[Suburbia]

Pataki won't run again, he is too old.

His political career is over

[NewYorkExpress]

https://twitter.com/ZachReports/status/1480933383568084999

[NYSforKennedy2024]

https://twitter.com/ZachReports/status/1480933383568084999

Ouch.

As to Wilson, he's always been one of those names floated around by state Republicans. It's getting to be a little late, but I think this might be the time he finally does it, and no doubt with the money and resources he has he'd win the primary/county GOPs would unendorse Zeldin.