[NY] Senate Deal Crumbles, 'No One Is Happy'
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Filuwaúrdjan
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« on: December 10, 2008, 04:17:33 PM »
« edited: December 10, 2008, 04:25:43 PM by Sibboleth »
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/12/10/2008-12-10_democrats_may_not_gain_control_of_new_yo-2.html
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« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2008, 04:18:52 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2008, 04:24:17 PM »
... I sure hope that gay marriage bill passes...
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« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2008, 04:25:29 PM »

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« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2008, 04:29:33 PM »
« Edited: December 10, 2008, 04:31:28 PM by Verily »
Quote from: Holmes on December 10, 2008, 04:24:17 PM
... I sure hope that gay marriage bill passes...

Not yet, even if the Democrats did control the Senate. The Democrats would have to de-gerrymander the State Senate before there could ever be enough votes for it to pass. (I suppose it's not so much a gerrymander as gross malapportionment. Same difference, really.)

Really disgusting corruption on the part of the "Gang of Three". I hope no one gives them credit for being "bipartisan"; they're just trying to get money for themselves out of this.
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« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2008, 04:32:57 PM »
Sadly. Unsure It's sad that the state has to be gerrymandered to possibly get enough support to possibly start a bill to possibly give rights for gay people to marry.

Especially since that was a big bargaining chip for Democrats.
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« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2008, 10:25:11 AM »
Quote from: Holmes on December 10, 2008, 04:32:57 PM
Sadly. Unsure It's sad that the state has to be gerrymandered to possibly get enough support to possibly start a bill to possibly give rights for gay people to marry.

Especially since that was a big bargaining chip for Democrats.

It's more a question of undoing a bad gerrymander and shaking loose some dead wood. A fairly drawn senate would pass it in New York, and will do so by 2013.
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« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2008, 01:39:28 AM »
Good lord. Pathetic.
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« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2008, 04:40:20 AM »
Now if I were the Governor of New York I would end this nonsense by selling the seat to the highest bidder...
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« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2008, 04:42:55 AM »
Could Blago and Paterson just appoint each other and be done with it?
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« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2008, 09:44:29 AM »

Add an expression of disgust to that, and I think that just about says it all.
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