David Paterson selects NY new senator.

[gcy]

David Paterson will announce the appointment of U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to the U.S. Senate on Friday

She should be able to get re-elected in 2010.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

I was just going to post this

As a resident of western NY I'm quite surprised and pleased by this pick. It's going to piss off the NYC side of the state, because she's not a far left leaning Dem. Very middle of the road. I think she's a good pick.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

Gillibrand > Kennedy

 

[Socio]

I was kind of hoping he would pick Fran Drescher whom wanted the position just to see how she stirred the pot in Washington, she would have been more fun to watch .

 

[1prophet]

Kirsten Gillibrand

During the Clinton Administration, Gillibrand served as Special Counsel to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Andrew Cuomo. She worked on HUD's Labor Initiative and its New Markets Initiative, on strengthening Davis-Bacon Act enforcement and on drafting new markets legislation for public and private investment in building infrastructure in lower income areas.

As an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell and a partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner, Gillibrand worked on a wide range of legal and policy-related issues. She represented many pro bono cases, including abused women and their children, and tenants seeking safe housing after lead paint and unsafe conditions were found in their homes.

She was the Chair of the Women's Leadership Forum Network and was on the Boards of the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee and the Commission on Greenway Heritage Conservancy for the Hudson River Valley. She also served on the Advisory Board for the Brennan Center for Justice.

U.S. Congressional career

Issues and positions

Gillibrand is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition.[3] She opposes gun control.[4] She supports extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts for middle class families; stem cell research; and the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act.[5] Gillibrand opposes attempts to partially privatize Social Security.[6] She strongly supported passage of the 2008 Farm Bill.[7] Gillibrand broke with former Governor Eliot Spitzer on the issue of illegal immigration, opposing his plan to issue New York State drivers licenses to illegal immigrants.[8] She supports same-sex marriage.[9].

 

[2Xtreme21]

She sounds like a winner to me. :thumbsup:

 

[nageov3t]

nice to give upstate some representation in DC.

 

[Lemon law]

Its not going to be good news for the GOP, not only will she take issues and votes from other New York upstate GOP candidates, She will have somewhat the same effect on national politics. But its also not going to be good news to the more left wing parts of the democratic party.

And now Kirsten Gillibrand will be assailed from the right and the left in 2010 and 2012, so she is going to have to be a strong campaigner.

 

[NFS4]

She's like a younger, much more attractive Hillary Clinton -- pantsuits and all...

 

[PokerGuy]

Sounds like she is a much better candidate than Kennedy. I don't agree with all her positions, but she seems reasonable, especially considering she's going to represent the far left NY in the senate.

 

[daishi5]

Originally posted by: Lemon law
Its not going to be good news for the GOP, not only will she take issues and votes from other New York upstate GOP candidates, She will have somewhat the same effect on national politics. But its also not going to be good news to the more left wing parts of the democratic party.

And now Kirsten Gillibrand will be assailed from the right and the left in 2010 and 2012, so she is going to have to be a strong campaigner.

Already another democrat is declaring that she will run against Gillibrand because she has an A+ rating from the NRA. I wish we had Democrats like Gillibrand in Illinois.

 

[Sinsear]

Originally posted by: daishi5

Originally posted by: Lemon law
Its not going to be good news for the GOP, not only will she take issues and votes from other New York upstate GOP candidates, She will have somewhat the same effect on national politics. But its also not going to be good news to the more left wing parts of the democratic party.

And now Kirsten Gillibrand will be assailed from the right and the left in 2010 and 2012, so she is going to have to be a strong campaigner.

Already another democrat is declaring that she will run against Gillibrand because she has an A+ rating from the NRA. I wish we had Democrats like Gillibrand in Illinois.

It's McCarthy thats saying that. If she had her way there would be no guns on the planet, period.

 

[winnar111]

I wonder if he got the Spitzer treatment.

 

[conehead433]

Sounds like a Republican in dems clothing.