Death of the Demopublican?

I have highlighted Rob Astorino here at NBfPB several times. He's trying to pull off a Chris Christie in Westchester County, NY, one of the highest taxed counties in the US - currently the county Board of Legislators is suing Astorino to stop $160 million of budget cuts that would balance the $1.8 billion budget. John Fund has a nice look at Astorino in the weekend edition of the WSJ. If Christie meets with success in NJ and establishes the playbook and Astorino meets with success in Westchester Co. proving that he can run the Christie playbook, the governor's mansion in Albany beckons Astorino should New Yorkers ever decide to follow the first rule of holes.