Jeff Klein wipes away a Democratic majority
Klein. from Kleins' senate page
5:58 pm Dec. 4, 20122
Washington
Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $50,000 to groups associated with EMILY's List just before the November elections. [Tarini Parti]
A transcript of that phone call between Bloomberg and Hillary Clinton. [Comedy Central]
George W. Bush calls for "benevolent" immigration reform. [Peter Baker]
Albany
Stephanie Miner, a Democratic Party co-chair who was picked by Andrew Cuomo, likes the Republican's deal with the Independent Democratic Conference. [Michelle Breidenbach]
Cuomo's other chosen co-chair, Assemblyman Keith Wright, isn't upset about the deal, nor is he talking about retaliation. [Liz Benjamin]
IDC leader Jeff Klein reportedly ran details of the arrangement past Cuomo before proceeding. [Andrew Hawkins]
A spokesman for the Senate Democrats called the deal a "coup" and not in a good way. [Ken Lovett]
It's unclear how upset, if at all, Democrats in Malcolm Smith's backyard will be. [Chris Bragg]
2013 / City Hall
Bloomberg was annoyed at having to answer questions about asking Hillary Clinton to run for mayor. [Ivan Pereira]
Headline: "Testy Bloomberg responds to Hillary Clinton report" [Michael Loccisano]
Hillary 2013? "Preposterous." [Ron Scherer]
Memo to AZI
All this will mean a lot of money is going to be spent for and against these bills.
The Lobbyist, Lawyers, etc, etc are going to clean up.
Members on all sides are going to be "Wined and Dined" campaign funds are going to flow and flow to "All sides"
Since it takes 32 votes to pass any of these bills and the GOP cannot stop them with there 30 block of votes.
So watch out it is going to be a Lobbyist dream and a nightmare at the same time.
We are entering a "Brave New World" in Albany.
Before there was the "Oracle of Delphi" there was Count Vampire J. Machiavelli
VJ Machiavelli
www.VJMachiavelli.blogspot.com
Power to the People who "VOTE"
'Trust and Credibility' takes a walk out of Senate"
An Albany tragedy has unfolded whose implications are beginning to crystallize, and leaves us with a grim reality in NYS, "We can't even trust our elected officials to guarantee the sanctity of a State wide election result. Who can say today that they worked for a Democratic Party that would fight for their interests? Who can say they voted for a Governor who would honor our vote and the help fight for the results that vote dictated we had a right o expect. Today in Albany NY, 'Trust and Credibility' walked out of the door in the NYS Senate; and we're going to all be the casualties of a discredited process in the near future.
Have you ever wondered why people standing in the streets of places like Cairo don't just throw in the towel in their fight for a government that represents the will of the people. Well today even people like myself are forced to wonder why would I want to leave myself open to this type of political thievery, where the will of the people was put on hold by a few politicians in the State of New York, for their own vested interests, while a Governor I had believed in and worked for let it happen.
Politics is for the stout of heart in any case and our only recourse is to make them all pay the ultimate political price, which is the loss of office.
Mike Flynn 'Middle Class Mike'