Democrats pack Larry's to hear campaign speech by Cuomo

There were quite a few Republicans and independents there as well Howard. Great event, I can't wait to vote next Tuesday.

Jeff, if a Republican put out Cuomo's plan the entire party would be tripping over each other on the way to the polls to vote for him. What I like about Andrew's plan is that it's fiscally conservative but it will be administered by a person who genuinely cares about every person, particularly those that don't have a bunch of money in their bank account. A fiscally conservative agenda paired with a real concern for the well being of the working class could do the trick for New York and I'm looking forward to the next four years.

Chris, when it comes to union busting you are correct, Republicans would be all over it. But Cuomo (D) as a perceived friend of labor is falsely leading the unions over the precipice.

Maybe it was a broad brush, but are you denying that there are many who claim to be fiscal conservatives that have nothing but disdain for the less fortunate?

I only mentioned that Andrew's plan is conservative and that I have faith he'll pay close attention to how his policies affect the middle class. His opponent can't match even that.

On another note that's a great picture of the next governor and Rosemary.

I thought it was nice to see so many supporters, young and old alike. Howard, I am borrowing your photo with Cuomo and I posing, and putting on my Facebook. I managed to get some pics of you there too!

Posted by Jeremiah Pedro on October 25, 2010 - 11:51pm Bea, I would appreciate very much if you would refrain from making pointed statements that could be construed as you putting words into peoples mouths. You do not have to be a democrat in order to care about the middle class. Nor do you have to be a republican to be a fiscal conservative. Jeremiah, Your second paragraph was the point I wanted to get across. That broad brush can go both ways.

Politics aside, it is cool of him to come to Batavia and meet voters and talk with us. He probably won't win Genesee County and he probably doesn't need us either. So, good job by the local Democratic committee. Nice pic's.

Chris, When Andrew's dad was Lt. Gov, his administration was so anti union, the State's Corrections Officers had to go strike in 1979. Andrew is his dad, so it will be interesting if history repeats itself with him. Jeremiah, remember, Bea still thinks all Republicans support child abusers. Her credibility is thin.

Gee, John, you seem to know every aspect of Andrew's personality, his motivations, his plans. If I had known you two were so close I would have made sure you got an invite yesterday.

Every New Yorker needs to come together over the next few years. We are bleeding jobs and our young people are leaving in droves. I do not think it is very helpful for people to be arguing over which group gives more to charities. If the current trend holds, we will all be in need. Anger is not a good platform. The fact is we are in trouble and we will all have to give a little. We cannot continue to reward New York business people who ship jobs overseas.

Why wasn't this event in the Mall so that any and all could attend..Was he here to get votes or just tell the ones who were allready going to vote for him how great he is...Albany will run the same..Scams and alot of late budgets..Deb come together ,give me a break this was an event for only those that support Cuomo..It was not an event open to the public..Hows that for coming together..

Jeff, when you bring up labor I assume your talking about public employees unions. We all sit around and gripe about politicians not having the guts to make tough decisions but when a guy shows up and says, very directly, that he's willing to do just that regardless of party politics you try and flay him. Every conservative I've ever talked to about New York's fiscal woes cites the sheer multitude of public employees as a major problem. Are you shocked that a prominent Democrat feels the same way? You shouldn't be. Pragmatism has to rule the day right now and Andrew is being pragmatic about what it's going to take to secure our state's future. I support unions, I always have. Right now though, what's good for New York may not be good for every public employee. I'm glad I'm not the guy who's going to have to make that choice, but like I said earlier, I trust Andrew to make the right decisions. You can't please everyone, you can only try and do what's right, right now. Somebody has to steer the ship through choppy waters and I know that Andrew Cuomo is the man to do it.

Posted by Mark Potwora on October 26, 2010 - 6:28pm Why wasn't this event in the Mall so that any and all could attend.. Howard posted this a good four hours before the event. One man from Orleans Co. was there to picket already. Where did it say that it was only for his supporters. If you had read Howard's original post on this, would you have attended? You certainly would have been welcome. http://thebatavian.com/blogs/howard-owens/andrew-cuomo-planning-campaign...

There is nothing petty about calling out ANY candidate who does an end around to avoid people who might ask questions that require real accountability. If I had known about it, I would have taken the day off work to be there on the slim chance that I may actually get the opportunity to address the AG.

Does anyone really think that anything will be different, come next Wednesday morning?

"Andrew gave a great speech"...that's how we ended up with our current President. Bea, I had to laugh at the "take you out" reference. Good one.

Lorie, To be fair, if that election inspector learned of the event at 1:30pm, she still had time to decide which of the garbage bags she wanted to wear. Did they distribute their protest garbage bags at the GOP headquarters or somewhere else?

lol on lawn and leaf sale. Too bad you didn't connect with her. Larry's can always be depended upon to provide great food.

Beth said "Someone needs to tell that lady with the "Why won't you debate Carl" sign that the debate was last week. She must have missed it. " Beth, with all due respect, that was no debate. It was a joke. I bet if you asked 100 people on here what they remember most about the debate, 95 would say the rent is too damn high. I hope when Andrew is elected, he follows through on his campaign rhetoric. I'm looking for 20% reduction in spending, and consolidation of the multitude of government entities we have. My guess is, that neither will happen, but we'll have a good looking first lady who can cook.

Bud, I remember Warren Redlich telling the voters of NY State that Andrew Cuomo received a $ 55,000 contribution from a parking lot.