Dysfunctional State - linkity edition

The fun times of living in New York just keep on coming. Here's a recap of some recent events:

• No one (including Nate and NY1) seems to know if there are enough votes in the Senate to pass gay marriage even as sponsor Tom Duane insists the votes are there
  
• Sen. Diaz (who oppose same-sex marriage) tells Sen. Duane to name names or shut up (charming)
  
• Of course, the solution to this is to put it to a vote, but no one seems to want that 
• President Obama nominated Rep. John McHugh (R-23) to be Secretary of the Army which means upstate gets another SPECIAL ELECTION
• Republicans say the president picked McHugh to put the seat in play for the Democrats and the jockeying to replace him has already begun -- great, we get to do this all over again
• There is an ongoing debate about ethics reform  (that I do not understand) and when things are debated in Albany they don't seem to happen
  
• The bottle bill that was passed just a few weeks ago, has been put on hold by the courts because no one can figure out how to make it work
  
• Andrew Cuomo says that he will not primary Gov. Paterson, which means that our terrible Governor will likely run for re-election and will likely lose
• How bad is our governor? Nate ranked him dead last in his Gubernatorial Power Rankings -- YES!!!
  

I am so proud to be a New Yorker right now.

(Most MSM links are via Capital Confidential)

UPDATE: And New Hampshire makes us look even worse by making same-sex marriage legal today.