Ardent supporters of Andrew Cuomo are seeking to plant presidential seeds online as the governor's daily press conferences and emphatic communication style have captivated audiences across the nation amid the coronavirus crisis.
"I've known Joe Biden many, many years. I worked with him when he was vice president. He has been a tremendous asset to the state of New York when he was the Vice President with President Obama," Cuomo said."So I've worked with him on a professional level. I know him very well personally. I can't say enough good things about Joe Biden, so I think he's a great public servant.
New York governor Andrew Cuomo speaks as the USNS Comfort pulls into a berth in Manhattan during the outbreak of coronavirus disease , in New York, March 30, 2020.During his public briefings, now a fixture on cable news, he rattles off facts and figures, shows empathy about the personal toll of the virus, and channels the country’s frustration over the paralyzing virus.
The governor’s office did not immediately respond to ABC News’ request for comment on his past flirtations with a presidential bid. Cuomo has emerged as a possible, but not plausible, alternative to square off against the president, not only because of the coronavirus, Sabato said, but because of the current state of the Democratic race.
Reporters sit at a safe distance from each other listening to President Donald Trump as he addresses the daily coronavirus response briefing in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, March 30, 2020.While Democrats turn inward to reflect on a Biden nomination, as that path became all the more certain, Sabato asserted,"That's where Cuomo comes in....As the old saying goes, Republicans fall in line and Democrats fall in love.
Despite the newest round of speculation around Cuomo’s political ambitions, as a longtime backer of the former vice president, he is sanguine about Biden’s rise in the primaries. Cuomo endorsed Biden last year. “I’m not going to run for president, I didn’t run for president, I don’t want to be vice president,” Cuomo said in an interview on WAMC Northeast Public Radio with Alan Chartock.
"It's not gonna happen, obviously unless Biden is forced to step aside because of illness or God knows what," Sabato said, adding it could only happen if Biden eliminated himself.
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