Sentences with phrase «powerful governor»

It will be no easy feat to unseat a very powerful governor.

«In my view, Andrew Cuomo has proven to be the most savvy and powerful governor since Nelson A. Rockefeller, especially when it comes to dealing with the Legislature,» former longtime Suffolk County GOP Chairman Howard DeMartini told The Post.

What are you going to do when I tell the people that you were the prime mover of Andrew's gay marriage bill so he could pound his chest as the most powerful governor the state has ever known and you could have access as a lobby for the big buck clients you extort.

(Whether that support is motivated by fear of reprisal from the powerful governor is another story).

With only a few days likely left of session in Albany minority lawmakers are trying to decide how best to represent themselves and their districts — go along with the popular Cuomo but go back to their districts with very little to show for it, or demand more of Cuomo, challenge the popular and powerful governor and be able to make it clear to their constituents that their best efforts were thwarted.

But he said Cuomo, as the powerful governor of the state, could have tried harder.

It's also not at all unusual for a local newspaper columist to support his mayor when she tangles with a much bigger fish, especially when almost no one else has been willing to take on the popular and powerful governor.

The call for the investigation in the state's Medicaid program comes as the Senate GOP is showing signs that it is growing weary of its relationship with the popular and powerful governor.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- As Zephyr Teachout says, there wasn't supposed to be a Democratic primary in Andrew Cuomo's New York, where the powerful governor with national ambitions was expected to sweep to a second term.

Like mayors in the past who wrangled with powerful governors, Mr. de Blasio has at times struggled to negotiate the Albany terrain.

Skelos also took issue with the concern that the Legislature is being steamrolled by a popular and powerful governor, saying that last year the GOP conference didn't approve the minimum wage increase, though it was actually a proposal initially from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Alternately, the Republicans also could reiterate the SAFE Act argument, which essentially was: Gun control is inevitable, because it's being pushed by an enormously popular and powerful governor, so we should work to temper it as much as possible (in this case, by adding stiffer penalties) giving enough of our members a reason to vote «yes» and help the measure pass.

Depending on the amount of points accrued, you could end up as anything from a lowly pauper to a powerful governor.

Conscience is a powerful governor, if only we pay heed to it.