Two Democratic Parties

Two cities. Two Democratic conference fund-raisers. One night.

Last night, the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee had a fund-raiser in Saratoga while the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee had a fund-raiser -- with Eliot Spitzer -- in Manhattan.

It just goes to show that being in the same party doesn’t necessarily mean working together on policy or politics. Assembly Democrats have bucked the governor on a variety of issues -- picking a comptroller, agreeing to a budget, awarding pay raises for legislators -- while Senate Democrats have largely been more accommodating.

I'm guessing that the governor's choice about where to go last night wasn't a hard one.

http://www.observer.com/2007/tale-two-fund-raisers

Copyright © 2007 The New York Observer. All rights reserved.

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