Hank Sheinkopf
Hank Sheinkopf
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It's tactically smart. He knows he's not going to get on the ballot through the convention and he doesn't want to give it any credibility.
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She needs to do better with white Catholic men from the Midwest.
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stinging rebuke of the incumbent. What it tells you is that the majority of Brooklyn prefer a change.
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Incumbents are re-elected the vast majority of the time, so a challenger like Freddy needs an overwhelming emotion argument in his ads and on the street for why the mayor should be fired. Freddy never went negative, but he had nothing to go positive with, either.
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Plan to see Sen. Clinton - post-2006 - spending a lot of time in the Midwest.
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She's challenged him unlike any other challenger ever has. There's no question she's exceeded expectations. Could this be a close election?
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It certainly surprises people that the governor and his wife and others would use that kind of language. It doesn't help him with Republican voters. He comes across as just another New York politician who doesn't share their values.
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It's an attempt to get her core fund-raising base energized and prepared for what will be a very serious attack to stop her from being president.
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Andy Cuomo can't win on an even playing field because he is not qualified for this office. That's why he is dependent on a single powerful union.
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It's another way to fuel speculation, to see what the interest levels are. It's another step on the road to a formal declaration.
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It's normal for candidates to try to get their financial houses in order before announcing.