Carl Paladino won the Republican gubernatorial primary last night in New York, and his victory speech was filled with the same populist anger that helped him beat one-time frontrunner Rick Lazio. “If we’ve learned anything tonight,” Paladino said, “it’s that New Yorkers are as mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore!”Paladino, who will now face Democratic nominee Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, called for the Republican party to unite behind his campaign: “I want everyone in the Republican party who opposed me to know this: You’re welcome to join the people’s crusade.”
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