On my way into work yesterday (Saturday) I heard that NY Governor David Paterson had filled Hillary Clinton’s vacant Senate seat with...little known Kirsten Gillibrand (pictured above) of upstate Columbia County.
Charles Schumer had to be smiling.
Senator Schumer had to be tired of being in the shadow of Junior Senator, Hillary Clinton, the past eight years, so it was widely speculated that he wanted no part of Caroline Kennedy, nor Any Cuomo at all.
Kirsten Gillibrand fits the bill on so many levels.
She’s an upstater, a woman and she’s a bona fide Blue Dog Democrat with a high NRA rating!
In fact, she’d interned with former Senator and current lobbyist, Al D’Amato!
Better still for “Zell Miller Democrats,” like myself, is the fact that Liberals are apoplectic over the Gillibrand pick.
Suddenly, their not knowing where Kirsten stands on the issues MATTERS, even though Caroline couldn’t even articulate the issues, let alone where she stood on ANY of them!
Funny stuff.
Carolyn McCarthy, the LIRR widow, who now serves as a Long Island Congresswoman, has vowed to challenge her, in the next possible Primary.
Apparently Carolyn McCarthy is blithely unaware that Pete King would thrash her in a race for that seat.
When Liberals complain so openly and bitterly, you KNOW it’s a good choice!
Charles Schumer recruited numerous Blue Dogs for various Senate races in Red States (Webb, Tester, etc.) back in 2006. Now he may have helped engineer one for New York.
So far, I like it very, VERY much!
Charles Schumer had to be smiling.
Senator Schumer had to be tired of being in the shadow of Junior Senator, Hillary Clinton, the past eight years, so it was widely speculated that he wanted no part of Caroline Kennedy, nor Any Cuomo at all.
Kirsten Gillibrand fits the bill on so many levels.
She’s an upstater, a woman and she’s a bona fide Blue Dog Democrat with a high NRA rating!
In fact, she’d interned with former Senator and current lobbyist, Al D’Amato!
Better still for “Zell Miller Democrats,” like myself, is the fact that Liberals are apoplectic over the Gillibrand pick.
Suddenly, their not knowing where Kirsten stands on the issues MATTERS, even though Caroline couldn’t even articulate the issues, let alone where she stood on ANY of them!
Funny stuff.
Carolyn McCarthy, the LIRR widow, who now serves as a Long Island Congresswoman, has vowed to challenge her, in the next possible Primary.
Apparently Carolyn McCarthy is blithely unaware that Pete King would thrash her in a race for that seat.
When Liberals complain so openly and bitterly, you KNOW it’s a good choice!
Charles Schumer recruited numerous Blue Dogs for various Senate races in Red States (Webb, Tester, etc.) back in 2006. Now he may have helped engineer one for New York.
So far, I like it very, VERY much!
