Wil, if you think that is interesting, then check out Andrew Cuomo's recent comments, and Senator Zell Miller's new book.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/w...ct22,0,1499457.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire
In his own 24-page essay in the book, as reported Wednesday by the New York Post, Cuomo said that one reason the Democrats lost in 2002 is that "we fumbled the seminal moment of our lives _ the terrorist attacks of 9-11."
While President Bush "exemplified leadership at a time when America was desperate for a leader ... on the Democratic side there was chaos," Cuomo wrote.
"We handled 9-11 like it was a debate over a highway bill instead of a matter of people's lives," he added.
"People wanted leadership and they didn't get it from the Democrats," Cuomo told the AP.
Candidate Cuomo felt the sting of 9-11 backlash himself when, in April of last year, he dismissed Pataki as simply a coat-holder for then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
"He held the leader's coat. He was a great assistant to the leader, but he was not a leader," Cuomo had said during a campaign bus ride across the state. Within days, Cuomo's poll numbers fell.
Zell Miller's book...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...f=sr_1_1/102-2862125-4580158?v=glance&s=books