The one thing I have learned from Gov. Paterson is that he doesn’t follow rules and he seems to be a man of his word. Sure there was the marital & drug problems but so far he has been relatively fair. He also has one thing I LOVE in a governor in New York, he knows there is a world outside of NYC which means Rochester and her neighbors just might get noticed.
So I was overjoyed this morning not just to find out that he was looking to appoint someone from Upstate but that the woman, Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand, also leans conservative, was NRA backed, and opposed TARP (NICE Could we get a Republican to do the same?).
From the NY Post:
Sources said “at least five” members of the state’s Democratic congressional delegation called Paterson to protest the possibility of Gillibrand’s selection. One, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy of Nassau County, even threatened a primary challenge. Gillibrand faces a special election in 2010.
Also from the Post
Gillibrand has won two successive elections in one of the heaviest GOP districts in the state, first upsetting incumbent Rep. John Sweeney and, in November, defeating former state GOP chairman and multimillionaire Alexander Treadwell, in one of the most expensive races in the nation.
Liberal Democrats have been wary of her because she ran for re-election with the backing of the National Rifle Association, opposed the federal TARP program to rescue banks, and has been less than enthusiastic about gay marriage.
I am still learning more about her but so far I am happy. We Republicans in NY knew we were getting a Democrat but she could be far more than we had hoped for especially after convincing ourselves we may have had to put up with a Senator Caroline Kennedy.
Govtrack lists her as a moderate Democrat.
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