<div><p>1199 SEIU - a major union working to help elect Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama - is keeping its commitment to helping Republicans maintain control of the State Senate, announcing the endorsement of Joe Robach for re-election in Rochester. </p><p>“As we face a very serious fiscal crisis in the capital ...

<div><p> </p><p>Here's a mailing from upstate Republican State Senator Joe Robach, which, as The Albany Project notes, uses rainbow umbrellas and two men hugging to send a not-so-covert signal about the senator's attitudes towards gay rights. </p><p>Which, the Web site argues ...

<div><p>Here’s an invitation for a July 29 fund-raiser in Manhattan for Democratic State Senator Eric Schneiderman, which asks people to join David Paterson at the event. </p><p>Paterson has been criticized for not helping Democrats work towards winning a majority in the State Senate, and just this morning ...