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This belongs to you. Take it back...
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Fri Jul 03, 2009 at 16:08:02 PM EDT
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| Having just watched another sick joke of an extraordinary Senate session gavel out (after taking on the sole weighty subject of wishing Owen Johnson a happy (80th) birthday), I've started to thinking about the possibility for some other sorts of coalitions forming to break the current 31-31 partisan-based standoff.
For example, if all of the members with Districts primarily outside of NYC were to get together, they'd have a 36 to 26 majority. Given the City's dominant grip on the Assembly and the Executive branch, this sort of arrangement might not be a bad thing for better balancing City v. suburban/rural NY interests. |
| teaparty2 :: Some other Senate Coalition possibilities? |
| Alternatively, maybe the members above and below a particular age (perhaps 60 or 65?) could coalesce into voting blocks whereby the younger generation might wield the upper hand over the elders. Given the degree to which both parties have traditionally tended to disproportionately pander to seniors, this sort of arrangement might also be an improvement over the status quo.
I'm sure many of you can conceive of other dichotomous coalitions that might be more workable than these two alternatives. How about offering up your suggestions for the consideration of bored Senators who may actually lurk here from time to time this holiday weekend?
I'm convinced that the ultimate solution to the current stand-off will involve a new crop of leaders beyond those currently wrestling for control on either side. What say you? |
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