Ain’t too proud to beg
TAP found a great NY Post article about Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos’ master plan to hold onto the Senate: beg Mike Bloomberg for 10 million dollars.
State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos told Mayor Bloomberg yesterday the GOP needs roughly $10 million to hold on to its one-vote majority - a breathtaking figure that’s nearly double what the Republican Senate Campaign Committee has raised in the past.
The discussion came during a private sit-down at a Midtown hotel, where billionaire Bloomberg said he would be “helpful,” a source said.
In past election cycles, the committee has raised between $5 million and $6 million, but the $10 million figure caught veteran political watchers by surprise.
Bloomberg aides had had discussions with Senate Republicans privately about the possibility of forming a committee through which he would donate his money, with some discussing a figure as high as $10 million - but others saying a much lower amount had been discussed.
TAP points out that only a few hours later, Skelos was singing a different song:
State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) told NY1’s Rita Nissan tonight: “I think we’re gonna pick up seats, no doubt about it.”
Beg is a little strong - I think most politicians “beg” but that is part of the game for all. I prefer to think of it as getting money from people who believe in your views.
I don’t call asking a regular voter for money “begging” but asking for 10 million from a single person is “begging” to me.
Reminds of the old saying that it isn’t what you know, it is who you know
New York Mayor Bloomberg’s companies allowed numerous tax warrants, tax liens, Department of Labor judgments to occur that are scattered across the country from California to New York
Here are just several
http://webofdeception.com/#bloomberg