Buzzing Over the Times' Endorsement of Green
August 28th, 2006
The New York Times issued its endorsements for Albany’s primaries over the weekend.
It has officially joined the chorus of Spitzer supporters. The paper’s strongly worded endorsement of Mark Green for Attorney General has generated much more interest among the political bloggers, however.
The Times writes that Green is “prickly”, but that he has an “impressive record of protecting consumers.” Cuomo, in the Times’ view, has a mixed record that leaves some concern that he could turn the attorney general’s office back into “a nesting place for political hacks” if elected.
The Politicker tried to get Cuomo’s perspective, and seemed amused when Cuomo first told Azi Paybarah that he hadn’t read the endorsement, and was unavailable when Paybarah called back.
The Daily Politics points out that the Westchester and Long Island versions of the editorial were even harsher, and reports that “Green headquarters are abuzz with a first round of Times mailings to 4,500 donors, supplementing a blast email to 60,000 people.”
The Daily Gotham sums up its reason for agreeing with the Times:
In short, [Green] may be an S.O.B., but he’s damn good at what he does. [The Times is] right; you only have to compare Green’s tenure to that of Betsy Gotbaum – yes, I know, Betsy who? – to get a measure of what he could do as Attorney General. Arguably, Cuomo would do a better job than Gotbaum (faint praise indeed), but Green would keep the office sexy and relevant. So what if he pisses people off? isn’t that what we want from the next AG?
There has been little talk, however, about the various state senate and assembly races going on, probably because there isn’t much happening. But Gotham Gazette has been summing up what few open seats and competitive races exist — check our home page for a list of articles.
By Joshua Brustein on August 28, 2006, 12:16 pmIn category: Electoral Politics, Gotham City | 1 Comment »


September 8th, 2006 at 10:32 am
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