{"id":13432,"date":"2016-09-05T10:22:14","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T14:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13432"},"modified":"2016-09-05T10:22:14","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T14:22:14","slug":"jeff-klein-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13432","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Klein rising"},"content":{"rendered":"

A follow-up<\/a> to my previous post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… [Sen. Jeffrey Klein<\/a>] since the end of the legislative session has repeatedly been publicly complimentary of the Senate Independent Democratic Conference\u2019s<\/a> relationship with the Republicans<\/a> and even showed up last week with Senate GOP Majority Leader John Flanagan<\/a> at the state fair in Syracuse. Whether it\u2019s a sign he has no intention striking a leadership deal with the mainline Democrats<\/a> to give them the majority or whether he\u2019s using it as a negotiating tactic to increase his conference\u2019s power won’t likely become clear until after the November elections …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s both.<\/p>\n

Klein probably thinks as I do that the Republicans will lose at least one or two Senate<\/a> seats and will have to form a governing coalition with the IDC in the upper chamber.\u00a0 Doing this will give Klein more clout than he would have if he rejoined with the mainline Democrats.<\/p>\n