Why is the governor targeting me?' " When Mr. Romney needed their votes, Mr. O'Keefe remembers several offended lawmakers rejecting his request by saying, "Talk to the next guy".
"So when Republicans in the legislature and our new governor targeted the elimination of same-day voter registration, it got a lot of people angry and excited.
The New York Association of Convenience Stores, which had urged Mr. Cuomo to collect taxes on name-brand cigarettes sold by tribes, is now pushing the governor to target Indian brands.
The license plan had already set off angry attacks from Republicans and unease among Democratic allies, and had made the governor a target of national groups rallying for tougher immigration policies.
In Leblon, they have recorded and live-streamed almost every chant, song and tussle with police in the ongoing demonstration outside the home of Sérgio Cabral, the Rio state governor and target of anti-corruption campaigners.
Some Democratic consultants suggest that Mr. Pataki has underestimated Mr. McCall and is nervously watching the candidacy of Tom Golisano, the wealthy Independence Party candidate who has made the governor a target and threatens to spend tens of millions of dollars on television advertising.
Davis, who represents Fort Worth, also took another shot at comments from the governor, who targeted her for her own experience as a single teen mother.
He clarified that his comment was "not necessarily targeted at Governor Romney" but rather "targeted at everybody".
San Diego's march to independence earned little sympathy from the State Water Resources Control Board, which approved the cuts to achieve Governor Jerry Brown's target of reducing urban water use 25%.
But this was the first time so far as he knew that the governor was the target of a threat, much less a murder plot.
