The New York State House ….”I feel like I work for morons.”
“… The Empire State — once a beacon of progressive state government to the nation — is on the brink of ruin. And it doesn’t look like anything can be done to stop it.
In two words: We’re doomed.
Hapless Gov. Paterson and the street-fighting leaders of the state Senate have, as everyone knows, turned state government into a national laughingstock.
Within the Capitol itself, where knowledge of the disaster is more acute, the assessments are far harsher and more personally painful. They are disbelief, disgust, and even despair.
I’ve had a dozen low- to mid-level staffers — hallway cleaners, messengers, guards, sergeants at arms, researchers, and lawyers — buttonhole me in recent days and, in a hushed voice, make comments such as, “I’m ashamed to work here,” “I’ve given my life for this?” and “I feel like I work for morons.”
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the Senate today stands as not just a house divided between the two major parties but as a house divided within one of the major parties as three separate Democratic factions.