Reply #187: So you think the national Republicans in the national legislature [View All]

are in any way comparable to local Republicans in a pretty liberal state?

Obama has Michelle Bachmann, Paul Ryan, and a whole bunch of right-wing, tea bagger nut jobs to contend with. Cuomo does not. Obama also has many Blue Dog Democrats who vote with those Republicans. And Obama has the resources of the entire national GOP and right-wing groups opposing him; Cuomo does not.

No offense to Cuomo, whom I like, but Obama has accomplished much more facing much more opposition than Cuomo has. Obama is a leader. Cuomo is a leader. Anonymous posters on the Internet? Not so much.

And when more criticism is directed at Democrats every day than is at Republicans, I call bullshit. I call bullshit when more time is spent tearing down Democrats than tearing down Republicans. Because the result is the same: Democrats lose and Republicans win. It matters not what the reasons are. The result is the same.