You knew the GOP/IDC deal in the State Senate wasn’t going to last forever:
“… In a joint statement released Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Sen. Jeff Klein, Senate co-leader and head of the chamber’s Independent Democratic Conference, announced that the IDC’s five members will end its partnership with Senate Republicans and form a majority coalition with the Senate Democratic Conference after the 2014 elections …”
What’s Dean Skelos’ response?
“… the governor showed a lack of inner strength and character by capitulating to the Working Families Party and the radical left agenda …”
The very same agenda Dean and his LI counterparts were happy to rubber stamp. This is why one of Rob Astorino’s staffers called Skelos a “prison punk.”
Even better was Mark Grisanti’s response:
“… “I can’t figure it out,” Grisanti said of Cuomo’s off-again, on-again, off-again public rhetoric about Senate Republicans. “It’s kind of a shock to me,” adding he found Cuomo’s involvement in the effort “a bit of a disappointment.” …”
It’s simple: Act like a bitch, get slapped like a bitch.
So, does this mean Republicans are going to run candidates and challenge Democrats?
“… Onondaga County’s Republican Committee is upping its efforts to find a candidate to challenge Sen. David Valesky after news that the breakaway Democrat’s conference plans to partner with Senate Democrats next year …”
No.
“… One of Central New York’s Republican senators said today he thought his party should concentrate on winning other, more competitive state Senate seats rather than the one held by Democratic Sen. David Valesky. “I’m not interested in doing that,” DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse, said today …”
They’re holding out hope they can cut a deal.