I forget sometimes just how much “fun” the politicians in Albany can be.

One has to wonder just what how much these two Dems. sold out for? And what they were not getting from the Dems. in power.

NO lawmaking will get done in Albany for weeks, maybe months.

Boy, it’s a good thing this happened when there were no big crises on the state’s plate, like state budget problems, major layoffs across one of the state’s biggest private industries, crumbling sewage and wastewater treatment infrastructure, or anything else like that.

Because then things would really be a mess in Albany.

Even Californians can laugh at New York now.

From what I have read about Monserrate, a jury of his peers will likely take care of primarying him.

Was this move more strategy (to show how badly the repukes are in power) or are these Democrats the evil conservadems Rachel Maddow is always talking about? Just curious.

Jane’s upstairs with good news

And all of this is happening because of Teh Ghey.

The timing couldn’t be better, coming right after the Tony Awards.

My impression is that Monserrate–kinda like Lieberman–belongs to the party of self.

Sounds like the Republicans and Montserrate botched the coup attempt:

While Republicans claimed in an email sent out to reporters, that a “new bipartisan, coalition is being established,” President pro tempore and Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith said that:

“… the Republican-engineered vote was illegal and violated parliamentary procedure … illegal because it had already taken place after the meeting was already brought to an end.”

Brian Keeler, the Director of Communications for the New York Senate Majority, described today’s events in a phone interview as, “a failed attempt to return the Senate to the dysfunctional status quo”:

“A motion was made to adjourn, the motion was accepted and the session was gaveled to a close. The rest of the dumb show, the circus, the theater, has no legal standing. Nothing has changed and Malcolm Smith is still in control and we will continue to do the work the people of New York elected the real Senate majority to do.”

Later tonight, our own lipris (Philip Anderson of the Albany Project) will give Daily Kos readers a background look at the players and the issues that have brought the New York Senate to today’s dramatic crisis.

Oh, PW there will be lawsuits galore.

And no lawmaking.

But my colleagues on the CitiBar Election Law Committee and I will have plenty to talk about.

Full employment for the New York Legal Community!

Are you serious?!? They are homophobes, protesting pressure to vote in favor of equal marriage rights. They bailed because they weren’t being allowed to be narrow minded, bigoted assholes.

Not to mention that yesterday was the LGBT Pride Day Parade and celebration in Jackson Heights. Another good option would be Bryan Pu-Folkes.

Anyone know if there is any chance these clowns will get ejected from the party? Probably not I suppose, right-wing Democrats can pretty much get away with whatever they want these days. What the hell does being a Democrat even mean anymore?

Not to underestimate homophobia, but I think that this is more about the real estate lobby’s ongoing campaign against rent regulation.

I have no clue how this will shake out in terms of party politics, but as a matter of Election Law and the NY Dem Party cherter, yes, in theory they could be ejected from the party.

Still, it’s interesting that huge NY Republican money spigot Tom Golisano was standing by when the boys hopped the aisle. The last time State Senator Espada tried to hop the aisle there was a great deal of Republican money for entities controlled by State Senator Espada involved.

Espada was tossed out of the party the last time

yeah, but it didn’t “take”