The Mental Recession reports, “DeFrancisco Confirms: Cuomo Pressured Republicans on Skelos Replacement”:
“Upstate conservative Senator John DeFrancisco has confirmed that Governor Cuomo “made calls” and pressured Republicans to elect his preferred choice, John Flanagan, for Senate Majority Leader. In an exclusive report by The Mental Recession early last week, a high-ranking Senate insider said “Cuomo is pushing behind the scenes for Flanagan.” … “He needs to continue the same relationship he had with Skelos,” the source stated. “He’s been able to easily push through his agenda, why would he want it to change?” …”
It was obvious this was going due to the number of denials I saw.
The question now is do Republicans want Andrew Cuomo picking their “leaders”? One Senator who voted for Flanagan, Hugh Farley, is now looking at a primary challenger for ’16.
Under the advise of cumhole’s new friend and mentor, Castro.