Cuomo’s being tapped to fill Senator Clinton’s heels would jumble the political lay of the land in New York.  An open AGs seat in ’10?  That’d be one sweet, and expensive prize.  From AMNewYork:

With Sen. Hillary Clinton all but assured of getting the nod to become President-elect Barack Obama’s secretary of state, the speculation now is that New York’s attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, is the front-runner to be her replacement.

One news Website, examiner.com, proclaimed Cuomo the “all but certain” choice for the seat, though several people yesterday cautioned that the report is jumping the gun.

“I think you have to take the governor at his word that he will make a decision when the vacancy occurs,” said Evan Stavisky, a Democratic political consultant based in New York.

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