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Strange Bedfellows

Strange Bedfellows

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New York Republican Party Chair on the Connection Between David Koch and Andrew Cuomo

CLEARWATER, Fla. — According to New York GOP Chairman Ed Cox, reclusive Republican megadonor David Koch has done quite a bit to shape the current Albany landscape and the cooperation between Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Republican majority in the State Senate.

“He was part of that. He was right on both sides,” Mr. Cox told Politicker. Read More

Strange Bedfellows

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NY-26 Brings Paladino Adversaries Together

“Quick question,” Michael Caputo wrote to Alan Bedenko on Twitter yesterday, “who ever thought we’d be thumping the same tweeps? Not me, man.”

Last year, Caputo managed Carl Paladino’s Tea Party campaign for governor, and Bedenko was the liberal WNY Media blogger who released Paladino’s infamous emails, replete with racist images and even some bestiality.

“Our campaign was damaged by them,” Caputo told me this afternoon. “Within 24 hours of Carl’s announcement, I was on defense. They put me through the ringer.”

But, in recent weeks, the two antagonists have become unlikely allies in the special election to replace Chris Lee in New York’s 26th Congressional District. Neither Caputo nor Bedenko works for any of the three campaigns, but they’re united in their desire to defeat the Republican candidate, Assemblywoman Jane Corwin. Read More