Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer actually thinks the current chaos gripping the State Senate is a good thing. "Yes, the Senate takeover is being orchestrated by a rogue's gallery of politicians and their associates, grabbing for power in a base, self-interested way," the disgraced ex-governor wrote in his latest column on Slate.com. "If you look at the upheaval from a different angle, it begins to make sense and to seem like a step forward in New York politics."
Spitzer, who was forced to resign last year after he was caught in a federal prostitution sting, said lawmakers played "the role of sheep for years." He said "legislators are now recognizing they have the power to be coyotes."
Two Democratic state Senators -- Pedro Espada Jr. and Hiram Monserrate -- jumped ship on Tuesday and announced they were going to caucus with Republicans, giving the GOP a slim 32-30 majority. "The use of that power by two Democratic senators, though perhaps for questionable purposes, is emboldening others to use their leverage to bargain for worthwhile causes," like same-sex marriage," wrote Spitzer. |