Bill Hammond writes in the Daily News about how the fight to be the GOP’s candidate for Governor is hurting the republicans chances to beat Andrew Cuomo.

“The GOP primary for governor is quickly devolving into a race to the bottom.

Rick Lazio and Carl Paladino (above) should be debating who has the smartest ideas and best credentials to fix New York’s broken government.

They should be bashing the many embarrassments perpetrated by Albany’s all-Democratic leadership over the past two years.

They should be probing for chinks in the armor of Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the Democrat who’s crushing both of them in poll numbers and fund-raising.

Instead, they’re jockeying over who’s more willing to exploit the searing memory of 9/11 - by posturing against a proposed Muslim-oriented community center near Ground Zero.”
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