It’s not a good policy, generally speaking, to disagree with your boss.

Democratic Party Co-Chairman Keith Wright clearly knows that.

In case you missed the show AND Liz’s morning memo, Wright agreed with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s open-door policy when it comes to endorsing candidates of all political stripes.

“I think the governor is absolutely correct in terms of who should be endorsed by the governor. Just because someone has a party label doesn’t necessarily mean they might be good for the Democratic Party.”

“And I think the governor would look at the candidates and look at the person before they look at the party. Certainly the governor has been supportive of state Senate Democrats before, and I’m sure he will be again. But you have to look at the party first – look at the person first – before you look at the party.”

Later that night the Manhattan assemblyman appeared at a fundraiser for the state Democratic Party and praised Cuomo to the hilt.

The governor, a Democrat and the defacto leader of the state party, has said he would make his endorsements on a “case-by-case” basis. All of this in the context of whether he would support a Democratic takeover of the state Senate, which Republicans currently control at 33-29, with four Democrats conferencing separately.

For the record, Senate Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman Mike Gianaris also has no public qualms with Cuomo’s statement, arguing that their candidates are most in sync with his agenda.

All we can do is speculate as to what Cuomo’s intention is, since he hasn’t made any general election endorsements yet (he has endorsed in House primary races, selecting all eventual winners).

Cuomo may very well prefer working with the Senate Republican majority and playing them off of the Democratic-controlled Assembly. He may be using his endorsements to garner unspecified concessions from the conference somewhere down the road.

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