This time last week it seemed all but inevitable that Caroline Kennedy would be Gov. David Paterson's (D-NY) choice to fill Hillary Clinton's soon-to-be vacant Senate seat.But now, as two different polls from Public Policy Polling have shown, Kennedy's support among New Yorkers for getting that position have tanked recently, to the benefit of state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
The first poll showed that Cuomo leads Kennedy 58% to 27% among New York voters as the one that they would most like to see Paterson appoint to the Senate. Cuomo led Kennedy 54-34 among Democrats alone, while she held a 44-23 lead in last month's poll in that category.
The second poll, which came out today, showed both Cuomo and Kennedy matched up against Rep. Peter King (R-NY) in a general election match-up for 2010.
Cuomo would trounce King 48% to 29%, while Kennedy's margin of victory was 46% to 44%--which is in the margin of error. Cuomo would clearly be the stronger general election candidate, according to these polls.
If Gov. Paterson is making his selection based just on the numbers, Andrew Cuomo is his man.
For the record, I've been making the case for Cuomo from the start. I think he's clearly the more qualified candidate, and he could easily raise a large campaign war chest for the 2010 election, whether he would face off against King or even Rudy Giuliani. And the above poll shows now that he is more electable than Kennedy. I implore David Paterson to see reason and see the light.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment