now i want a historian and that's in a state in new york that has national
implications for cell different reasons uh... one is that it shows us how
politics is actually played and itself
fascinating look
it's about edgar andrew cuomo in new york
he's backed a public financing but now that's great public financing is the
enormously important and he could have national implications because new york
and leave the country in
but does the actually back yet
and kenny actually get the job done does a really interesting questions
well the american prospect has written about this and it's a great tail of
politics in america
explain governor cuomo has been the drum declare his sport
in-state of the state addresses and other speeches
but now it just two weeks left in session
divers have stalled and cuomo
actively
champion
the issue
as interesting 'cause cuomo of course act which champion states rights uh...
i'm sorry gay rights issues in his state
it made all the difference
so that's how he got his reputation as a man and get things done
what to record what we're happy about that
can you get it done in this case
i don't know or easy eddie ineffective or is he really trying
now they continue to say
summer start it worry whether public financing might become a victim of
cuomo's
presidential ambitions are high
this is where it gets interesting
why wouldn't you want a new public financing of he said he was in favor
public financing
and rate majority of democrats in brazil
this country are in favor of public financing
so how did to her his ambitions if he was in favor of some things that he was
in favor of
well let's find out let's go a little further into the story
they are going to send how popular this pellets
first of all it's plain they spoke openly and publicly under kristen's
in favor of it and ten minutes later barry diller in favor of it
and even bill dot also the republican former chair
the securities and exchange commission so it has bipartisan support those are
powerful allies
checked checked checked
how about the people of new york
sunset all while these bills cost a lot of money to republicans claim because
eighty million dollars that's nonsense
one it's not true
and second of all
the amount of money not publicly financing elections cost us is sold much
more than that
as our representatives on forcefully taken legalized bribes
men get those
the abroad warns back for the brides that they have received i'm sorry
they call them donations
and that cost the government ten times a hundred times as much money anyway does
america's avaible new york have
or onto this no matter what the propagandist put out there about the
cause
sixty one percent a year or personal port
public campaign funding so this should be easy cuomo says he's in favor of it
that the will need your current favorability
isn't powerful allies that are in favor of it
to be fair
even though the democrats are the majority in both houses in
new york business weird alliance
wiggly uh... some independent democrats as a splinter group and the republicans
and they don't allow the democratic goes to go forward
because they have come to an agreement on what bill goes forward
now look at solution of problem to have a new york
but obviously cuomo's gotten past that probably wanted to in the past
but he has another year
why
i don't know maybe he's not all the desire to have to be
so this whole idea that is going on in twenty-six did all that starting at
anything done
well here's something that should be incredibly easy to get done
and you can't get this done
intel as they go with him to whatever the case in american prospect
again tour of the go article on this gets into the details they explain the
person who can bring the most pressure to bear has been absent from negotiation
table so far ensure cuomo's known for his ability to use the bully pulpit to
force political opponents in the line
in his words successfully with republic
so why is the absent
however the governor in this case to explain it has not put his muscle behind
it the way he did same sex marriage
rather than waging a hard p_r_ campaign around the state
the governor has
speed out of the way
yen two possible explanations one is a really wanna do it which will get to
wine one-sided
maybe things i'm actually not that good
uh... i can get these robberies the play ball iris image has it worked a couple
of times early on
but i've got a runaway from every other fight
cuz i cant wait it on
i'm actually not effective
so he doesn't want to be proven to be impacted here
which by the way is far more damning if you're afraid of being impotent
messes up our beloved but your portents
one more piece of explanation here that's really telling
with the g_o_p_ in control
he doesn't need to worry about legislation going too far the left
when it comes to campaign finance
sub sandwiches or their cuomo wants credit for his lip service to reform
while also benefiting
from the system
that elected a
you are now there we go
that seems like a little closer the troop
so in the sense that he's thinking paya on a classic corporates democrat
i want all the money
who's the system that benefited me i'd have to be governor but did you all
about money
and i'm is about to do
f fundraiser this fifty thousand dollars ahead paul simon is the releasing it up
on those it is now movement by move on
progressive change campaign committee
the application
to petition paul simon to not saying that
saying look if he's going to have a critical about this
you should not reward them
by going to this fundraiser ideas absolutely right
are you going to do it they are not going to do it
and it's a classic portrait democratic move you take the money you pretend
you're in favor of reform
and then meanwhile
at the same time you say look i'm not too left
i'm not too right
in other boards i'd pretend to be left without actually do anything about
uh... there is good news that because
they're gonna vote on this next week
isn't highly possible that cuomo says that wait a minute now you guys are
being fair to me
i really
i said those things about public campaign by zigzag believe it
and you didn't give me a chance here to deliver
and you do it oftentimes at that
the prospect explains that cuomo does throw himself in the fight
the successfully pass a public financing program
he will be the most significant forward to the reform community in years
and go a long way towards closing the power gap
between big and small donors is true
and it might even prompt other states that they get
more serious look
at passing similar legislation
so cuomo's got about a week left
he can either be adult
and say colwell turns out i can't get things done
or he could be a hero
any good lead the nation
in and probably important issue