While the left is trying to make abortion a wedge issue in the campaign – Republicans have been trying to make the race a referendum on Albany and its Democrat-dominated leadership…

Tuesday, the GOP launched a statewide ad that slammed so-called “single party rule” and reminded New Yorkers of the scandals that have beset their colleagues on the opposite side of the aisle. The Grand Old Party is visiting voters across the state in a bus they’ve dubbed the “tax-less Express.”

Now that the primaries are over and his alliance with the Conservatives has been re-established, state Republican Chairman Ed Cox is preaching unity – even though not everyone’s on board with standard-bearer Carl Paladino.

Cox joined Liz Benjamin from New York City Wednesday.