Byline: Tom Precious Capitol bureau
Bob Abrams was putting on an intriquing display, playing interviewer and interviewee all by himself.
"Well, what about Gerry Ferraro not releasing her tax returns?" he asked, as his body shifted to the left. "Yes, what's she trying to hide?" he replied, shifting to the right.
"What about this guy Bob Abrams?" asked Abrams, who's running to be the Democratic nominee against Republican Sen. Alfonse D'Amato this fall. "Impressive record as attorney general," he answered, with another body shift that kept moving him closer to the person he was trying to impress. "Put away corporate polluters?
"Yes.
"Fought political machines?
"Sure."
So it went the other day for 10 minutes, a sort of good-cop, bad-cop, in-person commercial, as Abrams downed a slice of pizza and a cup of chowder while awaiting a flight at the Albany County Airport to his next campaign stop. With all the obligatory body language motions for an in-command politician - fist pounding, animated facial expressions - Abrams was on a roll.
The only thing that stopped him was a question from someone other than himself. When the interviewer asked about his on-again, but mostly off-again relations with Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, he said he had to make a quick phone call.
If Abrams, 54, is anything, it's media savvy. He's just not all that subtle about it. After …
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