SPECULATION GAME AIN'T OVER 'TIL CUOMO SAYS IT IS -- FOR THE MOMENT.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: Fred LeBrun

The governor has said all he needs to say. Now we know. Washington doesn't get him, he stays here and speculation, finally, is put to rest. The final word. Or so it would seem.

Admittedly, the entire Cuomo-for-Supreme-Court business is becoming tiresome, and probably no longer of any interest to the general public, if it ever was. After all, he's declared. What else is there to say? We're a population in love with the bottom line. So give me a winner and a loser, tell me the score, and let's get on to the next game.

Gov. Cuomo, however, does not fit easily into the sports metaphor. For a former baseball guy, he spends a lot of …