After a press conference this afternoon, State Senator Mike Gianaris, who heads the Senate Democrats’ campaign efforts, sounded a cautionary note to the Senate Republicans and their redistricting efforts by comparing them to the Former House Speaker who landed in prison.

“Let’s not forget something, Tom DeLay’s headed to jail in Texas because he was mucking around with redistricting in exactly the same way the Senate Republicans are,” he said. “We don’t want to bring Tom Delay politics to New York, the people of New York aren’t going to stand for it, and I don’t believe [the maps] are going to go through in the end.” Read More