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New York Gets a Senator
Taylor Marsh —
... , which her fans are trumpeting. TNR
has more. As gun owners, we stay miles away from the N.R.A., an organization
that wouldn’t know a responsible gun law even if it was approved by the whole
town. She also voted in favor of the laws repealing the prohibition of possessing semiautomatics in D.C. Gillibrand comes from a conservative district in New York, with few thinking
she can win re-election. But she opposed TARP, so she’s not stupid. One thing is certain, however, is that there will be
a primary fight for her seat. ...
The Good and Bad About New York's New Senator, Kirsten Gillibrand
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... Now that Caroline Kennedy is no longer part of the deliberations, New York Gov. David Paterson seems ready to name two-term upstate congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to New York's vacant senate seat. Born in 1966, Gillibrand becomes the youngest United States senator. Eve Fairbanks over at TNR runs down the merits of the pick. Here are the highlights. ...
More On Kirsten Gillibrand
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
by Patrick Appel Eve Fairbanks makes a list.
Gillibrand headed to the Senate
Political Animal —
... various points in the process that he would prioritize gender concerns and the interests of up-state New York, and Gillibrand certainly addresses both questions. For that matter, she's proven herself to be a very effective fundraiser, which no doubt matters to the governor and the state party (Paterson will be sharing a statewide ballot with her next year.) But if Paterson hoped to avoid political strife with his selection, he's out of luck. Gillibrand is a Democrat, but she's easily the most conservative Democrat in the state's caucus. Indeed, just yesterday, Rep. Carolyn ...
Hillary Clinton's Senate seat goes to Kirsten Gillibrand
Feministing —
... Americans before they develop AIDS.
While, on some level, I'm happy that Clinton's seat will go to another woman, I'd much rather have seen this seat awarded to someone who shares Clinton's progressive views rather than just her gender. Overall, I'm pretty disappointed.
Related:
The Caroline Kennedy Question
Caroline Kennedy and "Experience"
Plus, more from Pam Spaulding, Scott Lemieux, Eve Fairbanks, and rikyrah at JJP. ...
The Early Word on Kirsten Gillibrand
Opinionator —
... : Gillibrand, statistically speaking, has been one of the more conservative Democrats in the House. Moreover, she is a somewhat proud conservative, being a member of the Blue Dog caucus. In a state like New York, which is capable of electing and re-electing a very liberal senator, that’s a somewhat underachieving result for the Democrats. At the Plank, Eve Fairbanks offers “Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Kirsten Gillibrand,” including: 2. She bucked House leadership by voting against both versions of the TARP bailout bill in the fall. 3. A big gun supporter, she’s been ...
Paterson picks Gillibrand
The Reaction —
... War, and, as she herself put it, "one of the most conservative" voting records in the state, including voting for the FISA bill that included telecom immunity and to lift the ban on the possession of semi-automatic weapons in D.C. Her father was close to former Republican Governor George Pataki. She even once interned for former Senator Al D'Amato, a conservative and hyper-partisan Republican. (For more, see Eve Fairbanks' "Ten Things You Didn't Know About Kirsten Gillibrand" over at The Plank.) ...
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Neptunus Lex —
Kirsten Gillibrand for Hillary’s Senate seat. I like the cut of her jib:
She bucked House leadership by voting against both versions of the TARP bailout bill in the fall.
A big gun supporter, she’s been given a 100% approval rating by the NRA — she’s one of the extremely few Democrats on a federal level to win official NRA endorsement — and, this fall, she voted in favor of a controversial bill to repeal District of Columbia laws prohibiting the possession of semiautomatics.
A couple ...
Paterson Throws Dem the Ol’ Knuckleball
The Sundries Shack —
... , a sitting one-term member of the House of Representatives. Gillibrand is not without her own political connections but she certainly wasn’t on anyone’s short list. I imagine that the Democratic political machine in New York right now has to be just a bit unhappy. Gillibrand is an active member of the Blue Dog coalition of right-leaning Democrats in the House. Even though she has the thumbs-up from the ACLU and labor unions, she also has a very strong rating from the NRA , opposed the TARP bailout twice, supports the Bush tax cuts, voted for funding the War in Iraq, and ...
Joanne Bamberger: Was Caroline Kennedy Ever the Real Candidate?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... her, and the name of the ultimate Hillary Clinton successor, New York Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand, started hitting the airwaves, I wondered whether Caroline Kennedy had been set up to fail as a cover for the real candidates who were being vetted? ...
