The imperial Empire State. Even the big guys can't shake it. In 1996 Al D'Amato and the GOP kept challengers to Bob Dole tied up. This year George Pataki and friends gave John McCain a good scare. Had this ol' vet not won New Hampshire, they would have risked the court date and likely knocked his ass out too.
Election law is the crucible that keeps politics in New York an insider's game.
Pea-rot or not.