Tough row to hoe
Many of the people I talk to about the New York State legislature seem to think it’s a done deal that Democrats will take the State Senate in November. Not so fast:
The Democrats‘ dream of taking control of the state Senate this fall is getting cloudier by the day.
To start with, they risk being abandoned by a key ally, the Working Families Party. The outfit’s top players are furious with the Senate Dems’ refusal to back up Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on the so-called millionaires tax.
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“There are going to be some very, very tough endorsement decisions this year. We don’t want to change parties and not have a change of politics,” said Working Families Party Co-Chairman Bob Master, political director of the Communications Workers of America.
“There will be races where Republican incumbents have been very friendly with our local affiliates. In some ways, what seemed like an automatic no-brainer [to support Democrats] doesn’t seem so automatic right now,” he added.
Let’s hope state progressives can get their act together and depose Joe Bruno. But let’s also remember: it won’t be easy.
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