This really tears it --- It has been reported that --- REPUBLICAN STATE SENATORS INTEND TO RAISE FUNDS FOR IDC DEMOCRATS' PRIMARIES if necessary

NYS Senate Co-Leaders Dean Skelos and Jeff Klein appearing at fund raiser for "Republican" Mark Grisanti  is a demonstration of new symbiosis between GOP State Senators and IDC Democrat counterparts  ---  local Brooklyn deal already being felt vis a vis GOP State Senator Golden,  State Senator Savino, an IDC member, and another Democrat State Senator strongly supported by the GOP State Senate Leadership

"...the Republicans plan on returning the favor [raising funds for certain Democrats], according to Senate Deputy GOP Leader Tom Libous, who has repeatedly pledged to assist the IDC members – even financially, if necessary – if they face primary challenges from the left next fall"  (See "Fair Elections Protestors To Greet Skelos, Klein & Grisanti" [last pargraph in report] by Liz Benjamin, 6/27/13, YNN Capital Tonight [http://capitaltonightny.ynn.com/2013/06/fair-elections-protestors-to-greet-skelos-klein-grisanti/]).

It was recently reported by Celeste Katz of the Daily News that:  ".... Libous said he's willing to help the IDC beat back potential challenges.  ***  'I'd be very open to helping them in any way I could,' Libous said.  ***   He acknowledged his priority is to 'help our own members first' and pick up additional Republican seats.  ***   But he added that if IDC leader Jeffrey Klein and his three colleagues  'need some help, it wouldn't be out of the question.'  That could include money or other assistance, he said. ***  Libous said he does not believe the pressure from the left will ultimately fracture the unprecedented bipartisan governing coalition. ***  'The coalition is very strong right now, and will be stronger next year," he said.

This is bound to have very interesting local implications, with Republican State Senator Martin Golden and IDC Democrat Diane Savino sitting cheek to jowel with a long  border along the Narrows and along various blocks in  southwest Brooklyn.

Some members of the Brooklyn GOP establishment  have conjectured that the current GOP organizational  fight was a preemptive strike by Golden, in an attempt to prevent any GOP push-back against  the Brooklyn  GOP Senator's obvious alliance with IDC members and at least one other Democrat State Senator in Brooklyn.