Early on primary night Sept. 9, a veteran Democratic strategist, asked to assess how well Zephyr Teachout was likely to do, said he was inclined to rule out the anecdotal evidence he’d been offered during the day because “everyone I speak to has some problem with Cuomo.”
That didn’t mean they would all be voting against the Governor, he explained, and the combination of name recognition, a huge spending advantage and a far-stronger vote-pulling operation keyed by the Democratic organizations within the five boroughs and unions like Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union figured to be enough to overcome the discontent that many Democrats, particularly more-liberal ones, felt toward Andrew Cuomo.
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