Even if he can't defeat DeFrancisco, Greenberg said he'll use his money to try to defeat a few other Republican senators who oppose the bill so that Republicans lose the majority in the Senate and DeFrancisco loses his deputy majority leader post. (syracuse.com)
While some of Mr. Espada's colleagues have called for him to step down from the Senate majority leader post, the chamber's Democratic leadership appeared to be in no hurry to force the issue. (nytimes.com)
Also, even though this alliance forces Smith to let bygones be bygones with a guy who once reportedly tried to oust him from his majority leader post (that would be Sen. Jeff Klein back in 2008 when the leadership struggle No. 1 took place), it could hardly be any worse than being the deposed former majority leader of the Democratic conference where he's pretty much just a back bencher since losing his power in the 2009 coup. (nystateofpolitics.com)