David Paterson just vetoed a pension protection bill for police and fire fighters, indicating that the profoundly unpopular governor actually believes that Andrew Cuomo’s statement that he, “has no plans,” to challenge him in the primary actually means something, so he’s heading hard right to have a better position against Giuliani in the general.

“Has no plans,” and he’s decided to piss off the police and fire unions, and go full Neanderthal, just as he did when he was finally strong armed into raising taxes on the wealthiest people in New York.

It’s a great way to lose a primary in New York state, particularly when nature abhors a vacuum, which means that there almost certainly be a mainstream challenger to Paterson if Cuomo sticks to his statement and does not run.

My guess here is that Cuomo is giving the accidental governor enough rope to hang himself here.