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Andrew Cuomo: “Once the legislature knows they can eat your lunch and they…”

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The reason, I think, is even more problematic, Randy, and I'll leave you with this thought and we'll see how it plays out. The tension between the executive and the legislative is real. And Once the legislature knows they can eat your lunch and they can beat you, that's a pattern that is very hard to change. You look at the governors who have been successful. They dominated the legislature. When you have a legislature dominate the executive, it's very hard for that executive to be successful and effective. (11:07–11:19)

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