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| GOP Gains Control of NY Senate on two Donk defections |
| 2009-06-09 |
| Republicans apparently seized control of the New York State Senate on Monday, in a stunning and sudden reversal of fortunes for the Democratic Party, which controlled the chamber for barely five months. A raucous leadership fight erupted on the floor of the Senate around 3 p.m., with two Democrats, Pedro Espada Jr. of the Bronx and Hiram Monserrate of Queens, both these guys are under investigation, one for fraud; the other for criminal assault joining the 30 Senate Republicans in a motion that would displace Democrats as the party in control. One source of contention among Democrats recently has been Mr. Smith's support for same-sex marriage. Senator Rubén DÃaz Sr., a Democrat from the Bronx, has been outspoken in his insistence that legislation allowing gay couples to marry not be allowed to come to a vote. Some had speculated he might leave the Democratic Party if Mr. Smith were to allow a vote the NYC Hispanic community is anti same sex marriage but requires loyalty to the Donks who are pro same sex marriage - bummer. But Mr. DÃaz did not join Mr. Espada and Mr. Monserrate in the leadership vote on Monday. It was not immediately clear whether the same-sex marriage legislation played any role in the leadership dispute. |
| Posted by:lord garth |
| #4 One Democrat is under investigation for campaign fraud. The other is under indictment for assaulting his girlfriend with some broken glass. |
| Posted by: Beavis 2009-06-09 10:04 |
| #3 It is not what you all think. This was a revolt led by a Rochester billionaire, Thomas Golisano, who ran for governor 3 times as a fiscal conservative. He is a tax-cut, spending cut type guy but a little confused since he gave the Dems $5 mil last year thinking they would bring some sense to Albany and cut taxes. Now he is a Floridian (no income taxes and homestead law). Espada and Moserrate have voted with the Republicans before and both are in ethical or legal trouble. There is chaos in Albany right now but the guy who really caused all of this is the ex-Senate majority leader Malcolm Smith of Queens. They gained control after 43 years as minority and started firing every Republican staffer (lots of experience there) and then slashed the Repubs budget for committees. But it was their capitulation to the Governor on raising income taxes on the highest earners that steered Golisano toward Espada and Monserrate. Even though this thing was in the works since December it took the Dems completely by surprise. It was pure chaos yesterday in Albany. Lets hope it stays that way. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2009-06-09 10:02 |
| #2 But this and the revolt that is beginning to rear it's head in the land of fruits and nuts -CA- has to be raising a "red" flag to those blue state miscreants. Are we sure that people aren't beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel and beginning to realize it's not the promised land that Bambi's pearly whites proclaimed but in fact the quickly approaching bullet train of national wanton waste and despair? I for one would love to see the conservative movement regains it's footing, remove the a$$-hat it's been wearing for too long now and actually LEAD us.... |
| Posted by: Everday a Wildcat(KSU) 2009-06-09 08:52 |
| #1 I'm not sure I like this. I suspect it's "republicans" like those democrats that helped cost the party so much in the years subsequent to the takeover of the house in '94. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-06-09 00:46 |