Oso planning to go pro
I find it hard to believe also. Especially, when one candidate has accomplished more in 47 months, than the other has in 47 years, aina?
Yes, but that 35 million number is artificially low, perhaps significantly so. A few examples why: (1) several states (including NY, which is kinda big) still haven't reported absentee/early voting numbers at all;
Early voting,as opposed to absentee, in NY doesn't start until next week. Easier to vote in Kentucky. Thank you Governor Cuomo.
Isn't this the 1st time New Yorkers can vote early in a presidential race? Wasn't Cuomo the one that signed it into law?
Thanks for the reply, Muta. Always good to hear from someone closer to the situation. BTW, I always considered him to be a centrist. Never understood why people saw him as a Lib.
Its a little more complicated than that.Yes this is the 1st time New Yorkers can vote early in a presidential race.Yes Cuomo is the one that signed it into law.Yes Como has been governor for 9 years- so why did it take so long? This is the first time the Dems have controlled both houses of the state legislature. The Republicans always controlled the State Senate even though there were more Democratic Senators , due to a group called the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) , Democrats who voted as Republicans in return for quid pro quos.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Democratic_ConferenceCuomo could have broken up the IDC any time he wanted, but chose not to. Why? "Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, has at times benefited from that strange reality: Having a divided Legislature allowed him to position himself as a deal-making centrist."https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/nyregion/cuomo-stewart-cousins-new-york-senate-democrats.htmlFinally, the IDC members were trounced in the last election, the Dems took over the Senate, and various positive laws have been passed which Cuomo has had no choice but to sign.- see the revolutionary 2019 NY Rent Reform Law. So why does Cuomo, who the whole world thinks of as a big liberal, continue to govern like a Republican unless dragged kicking and screaming by the overwhelming Democratic majority in the state? Ask Andy. In any event, starting in a few days NYers, members of one of the most liberal states on the planet, will be able to vote early. And it only took nine years. I'm told that someday, despite Andy's best efforts, , NY might actually legalize reefer.
Respectfully, having both lived in NYC and other places across the country, I would disagree that Cuomo has a liberal reputation. The only people that say that or think that are people with an agenda intentionally trying to misrepresent him for personal gain. This isn't much different than with other centrists, Obama, Clinton, Biden, etc...many people (even fsr outside of NYC) are well aware of Cuomo's policies and governing. If you take center, middle left, and far left as the categories, many are well aware Cuomo is center. I would say many people are far less aware of the state legislature and your good information there.
I hate labels but gun to my head , I'd call Andy a Rat Face. Have never voted for him. But I will say that he has provided some strong leadership during covid. We were blindsided out here but having a leader stand and say "put on masks, social distance, and wash your hands and I'll keep the bars shut until you do," has helped. What a concept. And as a whole, New Yorkers have acted with a lot of common sense throughout this ordeal, with a few exceptions. Andy's endless pissing contests with the mayor serve no purpose though.
True Blue Connecticut still has no early voting. And before COVID-19 it was very hard to get an absentee ballot. The Governor made a declaration and allowed for COVID-19 as an excuse for an absentee ballot in the primaries but his "emergency declaration powers" technically expired in September. So the legislature held a special session and passed the COVID-19 excuse for absentee ballots for the general election. Apparently, to make "no excuse" absentee ballots or early voting permeant law requires an amendment to the the state constitution. The legislature has to approve a referendum question for a general election then the referendum has to pass and then they have to pass a law. And there might be 2/3 majority approval requirements along the way.
Don't people realize they can just make up an excuse? When I worked for the WI GOP we even sent out mailers instructing people on how to request an absentee ballot.
The cure is worse than the disease? It's just the disease....and always has beenhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/business/economy/economy-coronavirus-lockdown-iowa.html
My concern economy wise is we have already done substantial damage, spent trillions, in the background of historically low taxes that from a budget perspective was already untenable. Besides trillions more in deficit spending, we have no tools at our disposal to help dig us out of this mess. So, the longer it takes us to get control of COVID, the deeper the long-term financial hole the nation is in, and the more likely that whoever is in Washington next term, has no chance of digging us out.
Agreed. Whether it is Trump or Biden, the economy is gonna be hurting for a long time. And the longer we wait to get the virus under some semblance of control (likely not until Inauguration Day, at the earliest), the harder it's going to be to recover.And as the bill goes up, so does the national debt that we pass on to our children and grandchildren.
Going to have to raise some taxes and cut some spending.