Kristin Gillibrand

Paterson: ‘No signal from me’ for Kennedy to quit Senate effort New York Gov. David Paterson said Sunday that Caroline Kennedy received "no signal from me that she had to withdraw" from her campaign to fill Hillary Clinton’s vacant U.S. Senate. Appearing at a news conference with the person he picked to fill that seat — Democratic Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand of Hudson in upstate New York — Paterson briefly answered reporters’ questions about the Kennedy withdrawal, saying the decision was entirely hers. "Caroline Kennedy called me on Wednesday to inform me that for personal reasons she had to withdraw," Paterson said. Originally posted here ... Read Full Story

NY GOVERNOR BLOWS CHOICE FOR CLINTON’S SENATE SEAT GOVERNOR PATERSON WITH KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND WHAT DID HE SEE IN HER? (Photo courtesy of NY Daily News) (Jan. 26, Albany, New York) The bumbling, stumbling, buffoonish Governor of New York, David “Blinky” Paterson has once again done the inexplicable. After a four week drama involving insiders, outsiders and politicos of all types in the cesspool of Albany and beyond, Blinky named an obscure, dimwitted, largely unknown, upstate Congresswomen, Kirsten Gillibrand. His choice was not only dumbfounding given the field from which he had to chose but also for the process by which he conducted the entire ... Read Full Story

Ending a wild 48-hour period where Hillary Clinton left the Senate to become Secretary of State to President Obama, New York Governor David Paterson named 42-year old New York Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand of upstate Columbia County, New York as the junior senator. It was a crushing defeat for Attorney Andrew Cuomo, widely exected to be the winner of this seat after Caroline Kennedy suddenly withdrew her name from consideration 24-hours earlier. In her thank you speech she seemed to spend a inordinate amount of time thanking the governor and the assembled politicians from the New york ongressional delegation. I wonder how the down state ... Read Full Story

Partial Feed Problem Should Be Resolved For my feed subscribers, apparently only a partial story has been getting sent prompting you to come back to the site. That problem should now be rectified. Sorry for the inconvenience. The Kennedy For Senate Story Gets Some Clarity According to the Daily News, Caroline Kennedy was never in contention for the seat that has been vacated by Clinton. Although the press fell in love with the concept and the idea, Governor Paterson had the vision and clarity to never be swayed by the groundswell of public opinion and adoration. Common sense and the good of the people ... Read Full Story

Barack Obama announced a $75 billion homeowner assistance program using funds leftover from the first bailout. Kirsten Gillibrand got "the full Councilman Charles Barron experience" today. Eric Holder says America is a "nation of cowards" when it comes to race. Of the mayor's plan to invest $45 million in retraining laid-off Wall Street workers, Patrick McGeehan writes that it "unclear how much of the damage to Wall Street can be repaired with such a small investment by the city." Council candidate Michael Cohen is offering a money-back guarantee to donors, in case Melinda Katz decides to run for the seat again. Staten Island's North ... Read Full Story