After blaming longtime Albany lawmakers for the dysfunction that's crippling the state, gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo sort of made nice with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. First he told the Post's Fred Dicker, "Shelly Silver is not an obstacle. I’ve gotten legislation passed with Shelly Silver.”
Later, Cuomo called Silver "to assure him he wasn't plotting his ouster." (Cuomo declined to say whether Silver should remain as the powerful Speaker.) Silver simply said that they "talked about life." Silver also told reporters, "He's been my candidate for governor for quite a while."
Still, when asked about Cuomo's desire for people to sign a pledge to clean up Albany, Silver said, "I don't sign anybody's pledges. Pledges are fixed in time, usually, and they really don't mean much. I have never signed a pledge."
The Post's John Podhoretz writes about Cuomo's potential, "The problem is that now he can't keep his mouth shut -- and in the past, when Andrew Cuomo has opened his mouth without caution, he's displayed a propensity for inelegant, injudicious and deeply unpleasant conduct."
