Reply #8: Native Brooklynite here!

[NanceGreggs]

And the list you've outlined (of things NYers will do when they're pissed off at someone) is dead on the money.

And King knows it. Imagine what would happen, at the hands of his constitiuents, if he DOESN'T take this fight on and see it through?

I think he's genuinely mad - but so are a lot of Repubs who just swallow this crap for the sake of unity of the party, and support of the president.

In this case, however, I don't think King has a choice. If he backs down or backs off, it's political suicide, New York style.