Suozzi, Faltering in Polls, Has Chance To Gain Ground in Debate With Spitzer
It’s the moment Thomas Suozzi has been craving for months: the chance to stand on the same stage as Eliot Spitzer and force the attorney general to acknowledge the Nassau County executive’s existence.

The two gubernatorial candidates are set to face off tomorrow night at Pace University for what is to be the first (and likely last) Democratic debate in the race prior to the primary election in September. Another is planned for late August with Republican candidate John Faso, with the three candidates participating in remote locations using satellite feed.

Tomorrow’s encounter is akin to a last-place baseball team taking on the best club in the game with the playoffs fast approaching. For the Suozzi campaign, which is trailing Mr. Spitzer in the latest opinion poll by 65 percentage points, the debate is an opportunity to attract positive headlines, put Mr. Spitzer on the defensive, and find a spark of life.

The county executive has spent months whipping up press conferences attacking Mr.Spitzer in an effort to convince voters that the attorney general’s squeaky-clean, reformist image is a mirage. While few if any of his attacks have stuck, the Suozzi campaign is hoping the candidate’s message will carry more weight when it’s delivered directly to the attorney general.

Well we have seen teams in last place kick the champs butt too!
After this Spitzer will continue to run far away from Souzzi, ignoring him just hurts the people of this state. Debates bring out the issues and lets us know where they stand. Spitzer is a coward.