A. in International Relations from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.

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"He's put himself in a box where it's really hard to look at reforming tax expenditures, " says Leonard Burman, a longtime Washington tax expert and professor of public affairs at Syracuse University's Maxwell School.

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Regardless, Mr. Paladino would need to re-establish credibility damaged by his unorthodox and controversial campaign, said Grant Reeher, a political scientist who directs the Campbell Public Affairs at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.

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