“6/08/2009, 5:41pm EST”
NYS Senate flipped
Republicans seized control of the New York State Senate on Monday, in a stunning and sudden reversal of fortunes for the Democratic Party, which controlled the chamber for barely five months.
A raucous leadership fight erupted on the floor of the Senate around 3 p.m., with two Democrats, Pedro Espada Jr. of the Bronx and Hiram Monserrate of Queens, joining the 30 Senate Republicans in a motion that would displace Democrats as the party in control.
Are these guys aware of how big a mess they’ve just heaped on the already-huge pile of shit for this state to work through right now? Are they aware that our state legislature has garnered a fitting reputation as near-completely dysfunctional during the last 40 years of Republican senate control?
And it gets pettier, narrower, and crazier: apparently, a major motivation to defect for these two Bible-thumpers — both subjects of separate corruption investigations — was a growing sense that the Democrats were poised to bring gay marriage equality to a vote.
Never leave home without it.
