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This should be Andrew Cuomos springboard moment: He has tens of millions in the bank and every sign of routing his largely forgotten Republican challenger to win a second term. Throw that together with whats still one of the best-known names in Democratic politics and a record of balanced budgets and wins on gay marriage and gun control, and election night should, for an ambitious big-state governor, be the first step toward a White House run.
Barring true shockers, Cuomo will win his Democratic primary Tuesday, as will his embattled running mate, former Buffalo-area Rep. Kathy Hochul. But the governor is finishing the nomination fight amid a sense in Albany that his political clout is diminished, progressives who believe hell always value his power over their principles, and a re-calibrated rivalry with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Cuomos even fallen behind in usefulness to Hillary Clinton the New Yorker whos likely to clear the field of most other Democrats, particularly those also from the Empire State with the upstart challenge from Zephyr Teachout and her running mate Tim Wu exposing Cuomo as out-of-touch with the political passions of many liberal New Yorkers, and with a larger sense of progressivism thats now defined much more by economic than social issues.
(Also on POLITICO: Clinton robocalls for Cuomo)
Thats the progressivism represented by de Blasio a former Cuomo aide whom the governor started off the year all but trolling, and on whom hes finished the primary season leaning, repeatedly, to backstop him.
Whatever Cuomos speculated-on national plans actually were, they are on ice for the foreseeable future. De Blasio is now the figure whos more valuable to Clinton or any Democrat heading into presidential politics in the coming cycle. There is a freshness to the mayors family, his use of social media and an approach to politics that has made Cuomo look creaky by comparison.
Cuomo cant buy Clinton much of anything with the 2016 electorate. De Blasio, who has created a fusion organization of political support that trumped other organizational muscle in his primary in 2013, can buy a lot, especially for a presidential candidate whose bona fides on income inequality are being scrutinized.
Cuomo stormed into Albany four years ago on a promise of cleaning out corruption, fixing the always-disastrous state budget and restoring New York as the progressive leader of the country. Hes arriving on primary day with a federal investigation of supposed meddling into his anti-corruption Moreland Commission which exacerbated political troubles simmering over a left-wing revolt over spending cuts and tax breaks hed signed off on and a failure to press for stricter campaign finance rules. That only intensified as Cuomo attempted to get Teachout thrown off the ballot in a move that made many New York politicos privately shake their heads.
(Also on POLITICO: NYT to Cuomo: No endorsement)
Even Cuomos 2011 push for legalizing gay marriage, at the time a controversial effort that was seen as a definitive progressive validator for an eventual White House run, has faded from peoples minds.
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The All Progressives Congress governors seem to be reversing policies in major areas such as education, job creation and workers welfare in a move considered to be a ploy to appease voters ahead of the 2015 general elections, DAYO OKETOLA writes
Notwithstanding its victory in the August 9 Osun State governorship election that saw Alhaji Rauf Aregbesola returned for a second term in office, the All Progressives Congress has yet to forget the loss it suffered in the June 21 Ekiti State election. Dr. Kayode Fayemis defeat sent shockwaves through the opposition party considering the fact that he was rooted to win the poll because of his performance. But he lost and analysts see his defeat as a reflection of the popularity of the APC across all the states where it is in control.
Also, a former Minister of External Affairs, Chief Tom Ikimi, who recently defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, reinforced this thought, saying, It is common knowledge that the vote against the very popular candidate Senator Chris Ngige in the Anambra governorship election and recently against one of the most successful governors, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State was indeed a vote against Tinubu.
Ikimi described the APC as a Tinubu party and predicted mass protest votes against the party in the 2015 elections.
The party has collapsed in very many states such as Adamawa, it is in distress in Edo, Ogun, Oyo, Lagos and Nasarawa, he had said.
Coincidentally, a Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, in a recent television programme monitored by our correspondent, had explained that any government in power requires a mix in balance proportion of politics, propaganda, polity and programmes to win the election in 2015. He is of the opinion that the APC had failed in satisfactorily mixing these elements in Lagos State, adding that this may affect the outcome of the 2015 elections.
In view of this, the APC is not leaving anything to chance in its bid to retain all the states it currently controls with the hope to capture more states from the PDP.
As such, the APC governors have embarked on mild review of policies deemed too harsh on the people and they are currently wooing diverse groups such as teachers, civil servants, students and National Union of Road Transport Workers, among others, ahead of the 2015 elections.
This has become imperative since it is widely believed that many people are not happy with the party across all its states. For instance, members of NURTW, who spoke with our correspondent, described APC administration in Lagos as a government of one day one law and vowed to vote for another party in the 2015 governorship election.
The Lagos State Government, in quick response to the threats posed by this development, is perhaps relaxing some of its policies perceived to be anti-people.
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The All Progressives Congress has called for the immediate dissolution of the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal and the reconstitution of a new one, in order to engender the confidence of the public in the work of the tribunal.
In a statement issued in Benin City, Edo State, on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the reported removal of the Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice I.M. Bako, on the basis of a petition written by some people, has tainted the Tribunal, hence the need to constitute a fresh one.
It said, According to the information at our disposal, the PDP used one of the candidates in the Aug. 9th gubernatorial election in the state to orchestrate the removal of the Tribunal Chairman, whom the party considered not pliable enough for the achievement of its evil machination.
Therefore, this removal is unacceptable to us, because it suggests that some dark forces are teleguiding the proceedings of the Tribunal a development that is inimical to the fair delivery of justice.
When we got this information about a week ago, we did not lend it much credence, believing that the judiciary will not pander to the PDP or any party whatsoever in the execution of its Constitutional duties. But when we read the published report on Friday that the Chairman of the Tribunal has been removed, we were very worried.
While our confidence in the judiciary remains unshaken, we believe this important arm of government must be shielded from political interference in the interest of justice, and in order for the citizenry not to lose confidence in it.
APC said the PDP, which has been roundly rejected by the good people of Osun State, is desperately seeking to barge into the Government House in Osogbo through the back door.
In pursuant of its inordinate ambition, the party said the PDP had been engaging in irresponsible manipulation of facts since it lost the election last month.
It said, The most glaring has been the attempt by the PDP to deceive the public over the reason why INEC suspended two of its staff over the Osun election. While these men were actually suspended for trying to rig the election in favour of the PDP, the PDP has put out a shameful lie that they were suspended for manipulating the election result from two local governments to favour the APC.
This is most uncharitable and it shows the lack of integrity and character by those who are desperately seeking to rule over Osun State. One of the INEC officials in question is Segun Eshinlokun, the Electoral Officer of Obokun Local Government in Osun State who, along with one Ismalia Taofik, was caught with electoral materials before they were distributed by INEC.