| I have no idea if CapCon is right, but they report agreement on a new leadership:
President pro tempore: Democratic Sen. Malcolm Smith
Senate majority leader: Republican Sen. Dean Skelos
Vice-president pro tempore: Democratic Sen. Pedro Espada
Democratic conference leader: Democratic Sen. John Sampson
CapCon says that the "the challenge now is convincing the fractured Democratic conference to go along with this agreement". I think the bigger challenge is going to be convincing New Yorkers that this merry band is a better option than leaving the Senate shut down. It looks like a great recipe for encouraging an anti-incumbent wave in 2010, though I doubt that's how they're looking at it.
Hopefully there's more substantive change in the rest of the conversation. |
