Even before the effort to «Draft Trump» was launched, Paladino threatened to challenge any GOP candidate on the
Conservative line if they didn't
call for the
removal of the State Senate's top Republican, Dean Skelos, and Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb.
The weeks before the recess were a difficult time
for Balls, with a mis - sent email from Ed Miliband's aide Torsten Bell describing him as a «nightmare»,
Conservative attacks over his acceptance in 2012 of a # 50,000 donation from the Co-operative Group, and
calls by some Labour MPs
for his
removal following his much - criticised response to Osborne's Autumn Statement.