Via Liz, Tom Suozzi just upped the ante:

"The governor has this reputation throughout his entire public life of being not only pro-education, having been a strong supporter of CFE and other initiatives throughout his career, but also being pro-labor," Suozzi said.

"...It's really disconcerting to me that they're making such a personal attack against him."

Via email, Dan Cantor of WFP fires back.

“It’s not surprising that Tom Suozzi is trying to defend David Paterson’s tax gimmick. After all – it was Suozzi’s idea. But Suozzi is dead wrong to say the Governor has been personally attacked. David Paterson has been around long enough to know what’s personal and what’s about policy.

“Here’s what’s personal: the impact on 3 million kids around the state if the Governor and the legislature enact a property tax cap that devastates public education. It will be personal for the families whose children go to school in overcrowded classrooms. It will be personal for the teachers who are fired. It will be personal for the homeowners whose property values will go down with the quality of their local schools.”

“This property tax gimmick is the wrong answer. It will hurt our kids and our communities.”

So no, it's not personal at all, but we do feel that you need to know that the governor plans to devastate education for your kid, which by the way is a gimmick gimmick gimmick. Okay then.