A Empire State of Mind

Rudy Giulanni will not run for governor of New York. He will concentrate on running for the United States Senate.My assumption is that former Mayor Rudy Giulanni will fare better against the incumbent Senator Kristen Gillibrand.Senator Gillibrand was appointed by Governor David Patterson to succeed former Senator Hillary Clinton when she accepted Secretary of State.Giulani is polling better against Senator Gillibrand than against the perceived Democratic frontrunner New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.Giulani therefore has dropped plans for running for governor and has switched his sights on the New York senate seat.
Governor Giulani has reportedly contacted Cuomo’s camp and stated that he was no longer looking at the governor’s race.Lost in the shuffle is the current occupant at the statehouse,Governor David Patterson.A governor that the Democratic establishment does not want, including President Obama.

All this leaves me in a Empire State of Mind.