Why Are Cuomo's People Such Emotional Regressives?

State of Politics:

A letter from members of the state’s Congressional delegation supporting stronger rent control protections garnered a sarcastic reply in response from an aide in the Cuomo administration’s Washington, D.C.-based office.

In the letter, House Democrats who represent New York City in Congress urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo to support strong rent control regulations, similar the measures adopted by the Assembly, which backed a package last month ending vacancy decontrol.

In response, Cuomo special counsel Alexander Cochran sent a sarcastic reply in an email address to staff as well as Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Queens Rep. Grace Meng.

Cochran’s response, in full:

Chiefs and LDs

Great letter. Didn’t realize the federal delegation was supposed to be used as a state lobbying vehicle. Second time in two weeks. Looking forward to seeing letters to the Mayor on state and city issues. Happy to give you suggestions.

The email was sent this afternoon, a day after the letter was made public.

A commenter at the post notes:

Cuomo's snarky with...Congressmen; State Senators; State Assemblymembers; the Mayor of NYC; local Mayors; County officials; union leaders; school board elected; newspaper columnists.

Indeed, about the only group Cuomo isn't snarky with is his wealthy donors.

As for his staff, clearly they have been told it's cool to share the boss's dismissive attitude of everybody but his wealthy donors - they have a rep for being asses to just about everybody (see here and here.)

What damage had to be done to these people as children that they're comfortable working for Cuomo and acting this way?

As for the question in the post title, I know why Cuomo's people are emotional regressives - it's because their boss, Sheriff Andy, is an emotional regressive and he surrounds himself with the same.

Bloomberg Couldn't Resist Reminding Us How Wealthy He Is

Bloomberg left amid crowd of cheering supporters and staff. Gold balloons were released as he walked out
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) December 31, 2013

What an ass.

Good riddance.

Weiner Would Be A Terrible Mayor

With Anthony Weiner's re-emergence into the public eye yesterday, people on the Internets are starting to ask, "Could Weiner get elected mayor of New York City?"

Alex Seitz-Wald asks a better question: "Would Weiner make a good mayor of New York City?"

And the answer is - no.

Weiner never played well with others in Congress, was often seen as nothing more than a p.r. hound, isn't particularly interested in coalition-building or listening to others, was an absolute nightmare to work for, has a reputation for being a real jerk, wasn't very good at managing even his own staff, and hasn't spent his time in the wilderness developing a policy agenda or platform.

In short, he seems to want to run simply to rehabilitate his image and aggrandize his ego.

He is not unlike other disgraced politicians in that - Spitzer wanted to run for comptroller once (or so it was said) and Mark Sanford is running for Congress from South Carolina (and perhaps losing a solidly Republican seat) for the very same reason.

But it does mean we do not need to take him or his p.r. attempts seriously.

I saw some comments on the Weiner stories yesterday that some people felt Weiner should join the race, that he would bring depth to a shallow Democratic field.

I think that's nonsense.

I won't argue whether the Democratic field has depth, but I will argue this - Anthony Weiner hasn't any.