Would you like another cup of tea, Mr. Cuomo?

Even the New York Governor’s race is in play! Yeeeeha!…

But it was a surprise. Only one week after his upset victory over Rick Lazio in the Republican primary, Paladino is now breathing down Cuomo’s neck.

Only six points separate Cuomo and Paladino in the Quinnipiac University poll. Cuomo now leads 49-43, with a plus or minus error of 3.6.

The poll was certainly a stunner for Team Paladino. At the last minute he bailed out of a press conference to take calls from new donors.

“Suddenly his phone lit up with offers of financial resources. We cancelled his schedule and he’s in Buffalo returning telephone calls and having meetings so that we are able to take advantage of this rainstorm,” Paladino spokesman Michael Caputo said.

I don’t know about you, but if everything turns out the way we think it will on the glorious evening of November 2, I’m going to buy a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue and tie one on like I haven’t done in over two decades!