Both Sens. John Flanagan and John DeFrancisco on Monday confirmed what every knew: They are running for majority leader.
The outcome at this point is anyone’s guess, as both men entering the closed-door Republican conference said they believed they had the necessary votes to replace scandal-scarred Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
Flanagan or DeFrancisco?
Here's some background.
Here are two takes - one betting on Flanagan, one betting on DeFrancisco.
Thoughts?
Reporters on Twitter: Flannagan won. Boyd put out a tweet saying so then deleted it. But ....does it matter?
ReplyDeleteA little. Flanagan comes from LI, was one of the senators subpoenaed by the feds in the Skelos case and was Skelos' hand-picked successor. What it says to me is, Skelos is gone, but the pols in the system remain undeterred.
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