[only1percent]

I don't think that's the right way to look at it. The gay marriage law was a result of powerful business conservatives going one step further in the libertarian strain of their thinking ... and, of course, Bloomberg just doing what he does with everything -- using his personal contribution budget to push pieces around the board.

Dede had no conservative or libertarian bone in her body, and I doubt Bloomberg knew or cared who she was. She was a moderate to begin with who went even more squishy as she chose the get-along-to-go-along path in the Assembly. (Assembly Republicans who play ball with the Democrat majority get to make a little rain for their districts; those who do not, get very little pork or influence for their districts.)

[campaignPete R-CT]

for the average man on the street in NY, you can:
A. Ignore politics OR
B. Do what little you can on state Senate races.

I know folks who are working to gain control of the party in the north country and remove their local lefty RINOs. It is easy to sit on the sidelines and say they are engaged in a fool’s errand. Saland voted for this cuz the Dutchess conservatives have played a passive game. They were enablers who allowed this to happen.

If I were still over in Dutchess, I would prefer to take Saland’s scalp than to take your more sophisticated approach. Justice demands it. Times FOUR.