Aides to Mr. Cuomo suggested that the governor viewed superintendent salaries as another example of government spending that is far beyond the state's means given the fiscal conditions.
With about 17 percent of residents uninsured, the governor viewed expanded coverage as a way to lower costs for employers and stoke his state's competitiveness.
The governor, viewed as a potential 2020 presidential contender, used a victory lap press conference on Friday to make a forceful case for his own vision of the party.
"They are mindlessly rabid," Mr. Spitzer wrote in a message to several senior advisers on May 27 , 2007 referring to a New York Post reporter and the editor of the paper's editorial page, whom the governor viewed as hostile to his administration.
"The governor views this bill as helping the average citizen who needs a building permit from the town get that permit within a reasonable amount of time so he can move ahead with his home project," she said.
Mr. McCain's rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Gov. George W. Bush of Texas, has supported foreign sales corporations and his spokesman, Ari Fleischer, said today, "The governor views the W.T.O.
"The governor views this as an opportunity to bring dramatic change and improvement to a system and an agency that millions of New Yorkers, and the entire New York State economy, depend on every day," said Josh Vlasto, a spokesman for the governor.
A senior Bush advisor, while cautioning that the candidate would reassess all aircraft programs upon entering office, said the governor views the B-2 as a plane with "a very serious capability" that should be "very much in the picture" in future defense planning.
The announcement of the president's new pick for the Federal Reserve's board of governors, views on North Korea sanctions and a congratulatory welcome to the White House of the Stanley Cup-winning Washington Capitals ice hockey team.
