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NY Senate leader Joseph Bruno won't run again
Newsday ^ | today | MICHAEL GORMLEY

Posted on 06/23/2008 5:09:42 PM PDT by xcamel

ALBANY, N.Y. _ Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, who has run the Republican chamber for more than a dozen years, confirmed Monday that he won't seek re-election in the fall.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bruno; done4; ny2008; nygop; statesenate
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1 posted on 06/23/2008 5:09:43 PM PDT by xcamel
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To: xcamel

Health-related, if I recall past history.


2 posted on 06/23/2008 5:11:43 PM PDT by montag813
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To: neverdem; The Mayor

sucks-to-be-us ping.


3 posted on 06/23/2008 5:15:36 PM PDT by xcamel (Being on the wrong track means the unintended consequences express train doesnt kill you going by)
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To: xcamel

California East, here we come.

S***!!


4 posted on 06/23/2008 5:23:51 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Been here before)
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To: xcamel

The New York State GOP now has a chance, however slight, of repairing itself. Bruno’s strategy for the last decade has been to adopt Democratic policies with a price-tag of about $100 less.


5 posted on 06/23/2008 5:31:31 PM PDT by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
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To: xcamel

bruno was the dennis hastert of NY


6 posted on 06/23/2008 5:44:53 PM PDT by ari-freedom (McCain must pick a conservative VP if he wants conservative support)
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To: xcamel

With Spitzer headed to the slammer you’d think that Bruno would feel victorious...and want to stay put.


7 posted on 06/23/2008 5:54:03 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The problem with the rat race is,even if you win you're still a rat.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

He doesn’t want to be the GOP’s Robert Byrd.


8 posted on 06/23/2008 5:56:56 PM PDT by darkangel82 (If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. (Say no to RINOs))
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To: xcamel

Apparently he sees defeat on the horizon so he’s bailing.
Him and Pataxme screwed us good. And we wonder why Republicans
are struggling in this god forsaken state.

http://albanysinsanity.wnymedia.net/blogs/2008/06/23/senate-majority-leader-joseph-bruno-wont-run-again/
My blog.


9 posted on 06/23/2008 5:58:46 PM PDT by The Mayor ( In GodÂ’s works we see His hand; in His Word we hear His heart)
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To: xcamel

thanks, bfl


10 posted on 06/23/2008 6:04:58 PM PDT by neverdem (I'm praying for a Divine Intervention.)
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To: xcamel

bfl


11 posted on 06/23/2008 9:07:39 PM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: All

Any read on Skelos frm LI? He seems to be the favorite...


12 posted on 06/24/2008 6:33:45 AM PDT by xcamel (Being on the wrong track means the unintended consequences express train doesnt kill you going by)
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To: xcamel

Luckily for us, your governor(s) is a joke. Very entertaining.


13 posted on 06/24/2008 6:35:28 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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