Exactly Right
One of the tragedies of the Charlie King campaign was that he raised the second most amount of money in the race and, as Andrew Cuomo said repeatedly today, King was "exactly right," on a number of issues.
So how can a candidate with money, who is "exactly right" on the issues, do so poorly? First, King was locked out of the institutional support by Cuomo. Note the endorsement by Rep. Ed Towns ("While I originally supported a different candidate in the race, I have now reevaluated the candidates' credentials...") Towns, who was having troubles with unions over his support of CAFTA, switched his support from King to Cuomo, who many unions are backing.
In policy, Mark Green had King beat. King's signature issue was access to health care. The Daily News editorial board has been on a health care crusade on behalf of 9/11 rescue workers. The two crusaders never seemed to join forces. And while King set up a phone-line for people to call and make their complaints about health care, Green was reminded people of what he's already done on that issue. (The Joe Camel lawsuit, etc.)
It seems like the only place left to go was to be the the un-Cuomo and the un-Green candidate. In came Sean Maloney, who had a more legitimate claim to the title since he never ran for office before.
-- Azi Paybarah
I think that money link is wrong...
According to it, Cuomo should be in the red (even with 1.1 mil from his last campaign).
One thing you should mention though, a huge huge huge percent of King's money came from a signle man, his family and his llc's.
"One of the tragedies of the Charlie King campaign was that he raised the second most amount of money in the race and, as Andrew Cuomo said repeatedly today, King was 'exactly right,' on a number of issues."
how is this a tragedy? wasn't he just a not-so-good candidate?
Let's examine the candidate's backgrounds without any names -
Candidate C - A member of President's cabinent
Candidate G - Elected twice to Citywide office. A NYC Commissioner
Candidate M - Major staff position in White House
Candidate K - Democratic District but never actually elected to that position. Regional director under Candidate C. Defeated by Supervisor of the Town of Brighton 8 tears ago.
Yeah - it's hard to see why candidate K wasn't a major contender.
Or maybe look at it like this Yoda. Four candidates are running to be the top lawyer in the state here are their credentials
Candidate C- Has not practiced law since 1984...and then for only 14 months
Candidate G- Has never been in a courtroom in his life and is a junior lawyer at a law firm
Candidate M- Has not been in court in 20 years and has never tried a case of substance
Candidate K- Has been a trial lawyer for 20 years in some of the nation's most prestigious law firms while also doing free legal work on behalf of children, seniors and families across the state.
You're right Yoda- its hard to understand how anyone would think Candidate K should be the top lawyer. Clearly if I were hiring a lawyer I would prefer the other 3.
It's amazing how people in the press view money in a political campaign. While I like Charlie, the fact that he raised so much money and didn't gain any traction is a small victory for democracy... that despite gobs of money, and the press' favoritism towards well-financed candidates, the voters still said nyet.
Some intrepid reporter will spend some time and research capital looking into the King campaign and its money links and will find the Cuomo family. Yes, the who campaign and their supposed estrangement was a scam. I do not know if they broke any lawa by setting him up as a straw candidate but it makes you wonder about ethics of the candidate who leads in the race for NYS's chief law enforcement position.