Sooner, not later, this will blow up in the Republicans face:
“State Senate Republicans are just fine with rampant corruption. At least, that’s the message the caucus sent Monday night by voting to let freshly indicted Dean Skelos stay on as their leader. This isn’t pathetic — it’s rancid. The vote of confidence came just hours after US Attorney Preet Bharara dropped a 43-page criminal complaint. This outlined years of evidence — including witness testimony, e-mails and phone wiretaps — in charging that Skelos sold his office to enrich his son Adam. The senators actually managed the miracle of making Assembly Democrats look good …”
They further embarrassed themselves today when Jack Martins put down efforts by Daniel Squadron and Michael Gianaris to get a floor vote on Senate leadership:
Democratic Effort To Oust Skelos Is Rebuffed: Senate Republicans beat back an effort from Democratic lawmakers… http://t.co/jQP8lyWmKu
— State of Politics (@StateOfPolitics) May 6, 2015
The calls for Skelos to step aside are growing. This will not go on for much longer.