New best buddies: Paterson and Skelos
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The love-fest between new Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Gov. David Paterson apparently survived their first closed-door meeting.   The two leaders, joking about Paterson’s “seniority’’ over Skelos (Paterson became governor March 17, Skelos took over as majority leader June 24) faced the media in Manhattan today and pledged to work to lower property taxes and lower medical-malpractice premiums and tackle other problems of the state.
“The Governor and I have a very cordial, non- combative relationship,’’ said Skelos, of Nassau County, who has a reputation as a tough, partisan politician.
How long can it last? If Paterson works to help fellow Democrats take control of the Senate in November, Skelos will be out as majority leader.
But if he doesn’t, and Republicans hold onto he majority, it’s hard to imagine them not giving Paterson a hard time for the following two years to soften him up for Michael Bloomberg or some other Republican to take on when he seeks re-election in 2010.
But for now, they’re pals.
Paterson said if he does decide to summon Skelos and the rest of the Legislature to return to the Capitol to consider a cap on property taxes, “I’m not going to do it in a coercive way.’‘
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Paterson is like the trojan horse, you take him into your home and he then throws you out of it.
Joe did the same think when Paterson was minority leader and lost 4 seats. not a good idea Mr majority leader. but if you want to be the next minority leader then it is a great idea.
VJ Machiavelli
http://www.vjmachiavelli.blogspot.com
ps This election is all about shoes, yes shoes do we keep them on or do we take them off and never put them on again.