He succeeds in countering those who have seen Machiavelli entirely as an unscrupulous amoral intriguer, but at the cost of some historical perspective. (totalpolitics.com)
Gov. Cuomo appears to be part of a Republican delaying strategy according to Fred Dicker, and will unless he dispels the notion — that he is a backroom intriguer thwarting the will of the people as concerns their voting intent at the ballot with the help of the IDC - he'll have entered into a hall of shame from which he'll never exit in my mind. (nystateofpolitics.com)
President Vladimir Putin is a KGB schooled intriguer, who has done more to create a neo-fascist Russia, as opposed to a true western style Democracy for the Russian people than any Russian currently alive. (nystateofpolitics.com)