I ran this in today's midday linky:
User upstate NY caught one of those names on the invitation: Steve Pigeon. Who is he?
Steve Pigeon, the former Erie County Democratic Party boss who helped mastermind Monday's coup in the [New York] state Senate, is in line for a top Senate job if the takeover holds in the coming days.
"I expect to play a role. I'm being talked to," Pigeon confirmed today at the Capitol [...]
Pigeon and B. Thomas Golisano, the billionaire owner of the Buffalo Sabres, were still at the Capitol today doing a victory dance -- and engaged in non-stop media interviews -- for their role in helping the 30 Republicans and two Democrats in Monday's coup.
Pigeon began working with Republicans and a small contingent of Democrats in late April on a plan to wrestle control of the Senate. Golisano, who poured millions into helping Democrats take control of the Senate in last fall's elections, gave the green light to Pigeon to work on the coup following a sour meeting between Golisano and Smith at the end of April.
This is who the DSCC and Specter are teaming up with -- an asshole turncoat who masterminded the (still disputed) coup to have Republicans take over the NY Senate. And why? Because his boss, billionaire Tom Golisano, didn't want to have his taxes raised.
But maybe it's not so surprising that snakes without values or convictions end up flocking together. And heck, with Specter, Pigeon knows he'd have a candidate who would switch parties again in a snuff if it came time to protect the prerogatives of his rich and powerful benefactors.
Rep. Joe Sestak is looking better by the day.