[American Thinker] Gov. Andrew Cuomo remains firm on keeping the job "the people of New York have elected him to serve."He wasn’t going to cave after Attorney General Letitia James released a scathing 165-page investigative report detailing his "sexually predatory" and "toxic bullying" behavior targeting young women and political opponents in his administrative orbit. One of the 11 young female alleged victims indelicately summed up the governor’s behavior as "sleazy and creepy" in the extreme.
Many in Cuomo’s own party have said the governor ought to resign his office. If Cuomo is thinking of resigning, he must be doing it poolside -- at the politician’s mansion in Albany -- where he was photographed hunkering down this week. He wasn’t alone.
The governor was photographed with an unidentified (but shapely) blonde sharing the poolside experience. No doubt his public relations team viewed the photograph as an unfortunate distraction that couldn’t have come at a worse time. Impeachment proceedings against the politician are heating up, along with the endless session, now dragging into its sixth month, of the New York State Assembly.
One of the 150-member assembly claimed that Cuomo’s removal was "inevitable," asserting that 80 assembly members support impeachment, going beyond the 76 votes required for a simple majority.
Cuomo is entitled to due process, but his opponents appear to be in a hurry to speed up his removal. They are appealing to the court of public opinion, which is what really counts in turning the protracted wheels of justice. This is a domain where they rule as the masters at manipulating a compliant media. Why wait for the matter to be voted on?