Then Republican State Senate president Joe Bruno got the call from Cheney. Bruno surprised everyone by going back to the negotiating table and cutting a deal that, on its face, was a big loss for Republicans.
"We thought Bruno was nuts," says a state party representative for the Democrats. "They'd won in some ways with this special master plan. Then he comes back and cuts a deal that appears more Democratically friendly."
But the White House saw something in the plan that may in the long-term help Republicans more than retaining the old dinosaur Gilman would. Under the original plan, Rep. Tom Reynolds, a fast-rising second-term conservative Republican from suburban Buffalo, would have found himself in a far less friendly district than the one he inhabits now. Several other northern New York Republicans would have faced similar troubles.
ADVERTISEMENT
SPONSORED LINKS
The speech our President should make.
A noted economist fires back.
How political can you get?
You might have missed it, but it was boomed in January.
Farcical feminism is a decades-old phenomenon, as George Will's essay from 1970 reminds us.