Sen. Neil Breslin is not on the Democrats’ endangered members list heading into the Sept. 14 primary, but that’s not for lack of effort by his opponent Luke Martland.

Martland, who has pressured the incumbent lawmaker at every turn, just released a new Web ad slamming the senator for raising taxes and increasing spending.

He’s referring to Breslin’s budget votes, which were required in large part because the Republicans generally refused to play ball, forcing the 32 Democrats to vote together to pass anything – even if it might be harmful to them in the fall elections.

Breslin hasn’t done himself any favors in this campaign, flubbing details on a prior approval insurance bill he sponsored during a recent interview with WRGB CBS 6 and then slamming Gov. David Paterson in a TU editorial board meeting as an “absolute, total failure.”

While it’s true the governor is not a sympathetic figure these days, kicking him when he’s down might not sit well with black voters in the Albany part of Breslin’s district.

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