Concerned Cuomo Launches TV Volley Against Paladino

The Quinnipiac University poll showing Paladino only a few points behind Cuomo seems to have "startled the Democratic establishment," says the New York Times:

Andrew M. Cuomo, leaving little doubt that he is concerned about his Republican opponent, Carl P. Paladino, unleashed his first direct attack on Mr. Paladino on Thursday with a television advertisement that criticized him for his donations to Albany politicians and for his failure to create jobs after winning tax breaks intended to promote economic development.

But don't think the ad is a response to the new poll:

Although a new poll released on Thursday by Siena College showed a wider gap, Mr. Cuomo, who had previously seemed determined to keep Mr. Paladino at arm’s length, appeared to be springing into action. But the Cuomo campaign said that the new advertisement was unrelated to any poll and that the decision to run it had been made days ago.

Read the rest here.