Cuomo deftly sidesteps easy pigeonholing
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Governor Andrew Cuomo makes an announcement regarding superstorm Sandy recovery aid at Long Beach City Hall. (Dec. 16, 2012)
Back in 2000, cartoonist G.B. Trudeau cast his irrepressibly cynical "Uncle Duke" character as a presidential candidate running on the slogan "Whatever It Takes."
This somehow sprang to mind in appraising the never-ending efforts of diverse observers, shills, and activists to pinpoint Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's location on the national left-to-right political spectrum -- and Cuomo's propensity...