GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino’s last-minute campaign video pushes his candidacy on the independent Taxpayers Party line, and deems the Democrats a “threat” to the solvency of New York and accuses them of “playing games” with public funds.

This is a new approach for the Buffalo businessman, who hasn’t been talking about that new third party line all that much since he won the Sept. 14 primary. At one point, it was unclear whether he would even run on the line, which he created through a petition drive (separate from the one he used to get onto the GOP primary ballot).

Interestingly, the video targets Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Andrew Cuomo, Gov. David Paterson, Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, but says not a word about Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson.

Paladino did an early-morning interview with Curtis Sliwa on AM 970 The Apple. He continued to insist the polls are wrong – particularly the Siena poll, which he said “we have to get rid of.”

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