Not exact matches
Progressive policies like this one have drawn national attention for Cuomo, stirring
talk of a possible
presidential run.
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry may be putting off
talk of a 2016
presidential run, but New York ex-Gov.
The biggest target
of the protesters» ire is Cuomo, a Democrat who has
talked up his progressive credentials as he positions himself for a possible
presidential run in 2020.
By contrast, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.), who like Cuomo has been
talked about in terms
of a possible 2020
presidential run, won national plaudits for leading the charge for fellow Democratic Sen. Al Franken
of Minnesota to resign after he was with hit with sexual misconduct allegations.
Former Gov. Mario Cuomo wasn't
talking up his son's possible
presidential run in 2016, but said the mere
talk of it was evidence the current governor was doing a good job leading the seat.
But that loss has also opened the door for
talk of a possible
presidential run for Mr. Cuomo,
talk that the governor dismisses, although his actions seem geared to inspire it.
After making a great show
of refusing to even entertain the idea
of running for president, he has begun to staff up, raise money, and
talk like a
presidential candidate.
Hillary Clinton allies are pushing
talk of her possibly
running for mayor to «torture» Mayor de Blasio for waiting so long to back Clinton in the
presidential race, according to one Democratic Party official.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat
of New York, and her team have played down
talk of a 2020
presidential run, though she has been doing the type
of spadework endemic to past candidates.
In a seeming attempt to upstage Al Gore - or at least revive
talks of a stalled independent
run for the White House - NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg ripped into the
presidential candidates» positions on climate change, calling them too weak and unfocused.
Then the hosts are joined by former Facebook product manager and author
of Chaos Monkeys, Antonio García Martínez, to
talk about the role
of these powerful tech companies, given what we now know about what happened in the
run - up to the
presidential election.