Newly-minted state Democratic Party Executive Director Charlie King has released his first official hit on the Republicans, slamming state GOP Chairman Ed Cox as he is meeting behind closed doors with RNC Chairman Michael Steele.

In his inaugural rapid-response press release, King seeks to capitalize on the purported rift between Cox and Steele over the state chairman’s backing of Democrat-turned-Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy for governor.

Steele and Cox are meeting this very moment at an undisclosed location in Manhattan.

“Michael Steele has a tough choice today when he plays ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ with Ed Cox,” King said.

“Behind door number 1, he’s got Steve Levy who was the point man for pay-to-play politics in Suffolk County and personally handed out county contracts to his convicted felon friends. And behind door number 2, he’s got Rick “Wall Street” Lazio who was the big banks’ point man in Washington to get big bailouts and he and his banker buddies big bonuses. Not exactly the prizes Steele was hoping for.”

The release also includes some helpful back-up for King’s statements, including reports on Levy’s association with Ethan Ellner, whose title company received $85,000 worth of county business even though he is an ex-con, and Lazio’s Wall Street bonus and efforts to fight consumer protections while he was a lobbyist at JP Morgan.

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