[qam1]

Unbelievably, just that happened in CA--even more liberal than NY. But what's ironic is that in CA it happened predictably under a Democrat governor, but in NY the governor is a Republican.

Pataki is by far a bigger Liberal than Grey Davis ever was. The same with the NY state Senate (where the Republicans have a commanding 38-24 majority) where WITHOUT EXCEPTION every single Republican member is further to the left than any California legisator especially the majority leader Joe Bruno.

[Alberta's Child]

What makes New York unusual from a political perspective is that the GOP legislators have a vested in interest in maintaining a Marxist state. The reason for this is that the GOP tends to dominate those rural parts of the state that benefit most from high levels of state spending. The urban, Democratic districts in and around New York City pay a disproportionate amount of the state's taxes and get far less in return from Albany than they pay in state taxes.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

NYS is the birthplace of the RINO, or, as they were originally known, "Rockefeller Republicans."

From Rockefeller to Lindsey to Pataki, our GOP leaders tend be be as liberal as some democrats.