The Senate Democrats have launched a series of robocalls in the wake of Tax Day, accusing 12 Republicans of “sitting on the sidelines, running from a decades-long record of taxing, spending and borrowing away the financial stability of our state.”

“Senate Republicans bear the brunt of responsibility for landing us in our current fiscal straits. They owe it to their constituents, and to all New Yorkers, to engage in good faith negotiations to help fix their mess,” writes the DSCC’s new media maven/blogger Mike Connery. We’re not going to let them run from their record any longer.”

The calls, which you can hear on the DSCC’s new-and-improved Web site, also accuse the minority of holding up the budget process and then trying to blame the Democrats “for their own mess.” (Unfortunately, whoever is reading the script was not coached beforehand on the proper pronunciation of Albany, which seems fairly self-explanatory).

The targets include: Minority Leader Dean Skelos, Ken LaValle, Kemp Hannon, Owen Johnson, Steve Saland, Hugh Farley, Tom Libous, Michael Ranzenhofer, Joe Robach, John DeFrancisco, James Alesi and Frank Padavan. Apparently, this is the Democrats’ target list, although I’d be surprised if Skelos and Johnson face serious opponents.

This isn’t the first time the Senate Democrats have roboed on taxes.

The focus of the last round of calls was property tax relief, which the majority included in its budget resolution – much to the chagrin of the governor and Mayor Bloomberg. Unfortunately for the Democrats’ the calls went out at the tail end of the Passover holiday, which provided fodder for the GOP.

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