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GOV & CHUCK HUG IT OUT OVER HILL
nypost.com - 11/22/2008
GOV & CHUCK HUG IT OUT OVER HILL
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ALBANY - So they've cut a deal in case a replacement is needed for Hillary Rodham Clinton? That's the way it looked to a lot of insiders, with Gov. Paterson and Sen. Charles Schumer - not normally the best of friends - beaming and embracing...
tnr.com - 11/20/2008
Bum Rush
— tnr.com — Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, and other friends have spent the past year screaming about the horrors of... Barack Obama. And, while it's true that they talked ad nauseam about socialism and the Weathermen and Jeremiah Wright, careful listeners would have ... (more) Bum Rush

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politico.com - 11/23/2008
Schumer: stimulus package $500-700 billion
— politico.com — Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, said Sunday that he thinks the economic stimulus package should be between $500-700... billion. In an interview with ABC's This Week, Schumer said, "I believe we need a pretty big package here," Schumer said, ... (more) Schumer: stimulus package $500-700 billion

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The Fairness Scare
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/21/2008
The Fairness Scare
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Marin Cogan has a great piece on the right-wing’s mobilization against the phantom menace of the fairness... doctrine: On Election Day, conservatives found a new bogeyman in Senator Chuck Schumer, after Fox News host Bill Hemmer cornered him ... (more) The Fairness Scare

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RedState: Conservative News and Community:  Hillary Starts the Musical Chairs in New York

JammieWearingFool:  Chuck and Dave Hug It Out

Weekly Standard Blog:  Hillary's Move Will Lead to Musical Chairs in New York

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Hillary Starts the Musical Chairs in New York
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... of the U.S. Senate. And if all that speculation weren't enough, the New York Post reports that Paterson and Senator Chuck Schumer may already have a deal to appoint a relative nobody to the spot. It seems that Schumer's priority is that he get recognized as New York's senior Senator, and Andrew Cuomo would be the only contender for the Senate seat to threaten that status. Schumer apparently wants a less high-profile junior Senator -- someone like Buffalo Representative Brian Higgins, or Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand. ...

Chuck and Dave Hug It Out
JammieWearingFool — ... has ascended to the throne at State, it just so happens to be up to the accidental governor to select her replacement. And since the demure, camera-shy Schumer has spent the better part of the past eight years toiling in the shadows of Her Thighness, keeping a low profile by holding only 37 press conferences a week, he's decided it's his time to shine. Meaning if Paterson knows what's good for him, the next junior senator from New York will cut a much smaller profile . So they've cut a deal in case a replacement is needed for Hillary Rodham Clinton? That's the way it looked ...

Hillary's Move Will Lead to Musical Chairs in New York
Weekly Standard Blog — ... of the U.S. Senate. And if all that speculation weren't enough, the New York Post reports that Paterson and Senator Chuck Schumer may already have a deal. It seems that Schumer's priority is that he get recognized as New York's preeminent Senator, and Andrew Cuomo would be the only contender for the Senate seat that would threaten that status. Schumer wants a less high-profile junior Senator--someone like Buffalo Representative Brian Higgins, or Congresswoman Gillibrand. ...

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