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firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/23/2009

First thoughts: Paterson's pick

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 From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro*** Paterson’s pick: At noon ET, New York Gov. David Paterson will finally put an end to what has become the nation’s second-best appointment drama -- the best, of course, was the Blago/Burris story -- when he’s announces his pick to fill Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reports that, according to several sources, Paterson has chosen two-term Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand. Gillibrand and her husband were ...

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firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/16/2009

First thoughts: First and 10 for Obama

— firstread.msnbc.msn.com — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann*** First and 10 for Obama: Fresh off... his first legislative victory in getting the second half of the TARP money released -- Rahm Emanuel called it the equivalent of completing an ... (more) First thoughts: First and 10 for Obama

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Senate Appointments Not Helping Democrats in 2010
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — First Read: "Looking ahead to 2010, you could argue -- at this very early stage -- that the appointments to fill the vacant Democratic Senate seats haven't helped the party's midterm prospects, despite what looks like a favorable map for the Democrats." ...

The Early Word on Kirsten Gillibrand
Opinionator — ... , including: 2. [Governor] Paterson has just made himself lots of enemies. I mean lots. Gillibrand will certainly face a primary challenge in 2010 — one congresswoman, Carolyn McCarthy, has already vowed to. And others will see her as potentially beatable. Since so much of the statewide Democratic vote is from the city and the immediate suburbs — and, crucially, so much of the donor base is too — a city-based Democrat could look awfully formidable against her on paper. First Read at MSNBC handicaps the election angles : Gillibrand . . . won her congressional seat in 2006 ...