I hope you NY DLCers are happy....you're not getting CK!

[FLAprogressive]

You're getting a shitty corporate Blue Dog Kirsten Gillibrand! Supports FISA and other pro-corporate policies.

and I agree with her on this but I know you DLCers hate anyone that's anti-gun control.

Enjoy!

[LSparkle]

1. What the fuck is Paterson thinking? First off, the Dems won't hold that seat

Gillibrand only eked out a victory in a dirty election ...
secondly, she'll NEVER be able to hold the Senate seat in
2010 ... and after this pick, I predict NYers won't re-
elect him either.

EPIC FAIL!!!

[FLAprogressive]

3. your gov is a loser....now he created an open seat in a GOP district.

[wndycty]

4. Well I hope the people of New York will judge her by their own standards. . .

. . .not yours.

[ErinBerin84]

2. I voted for her over Sandy

but I didn't want her to take the senate seat....crap.

[calico1]

5. Do you know for a fact it's her?

I heard he'd be making the announcement at noon.

Edit--never mind. I just read the article on Huffington

[moriah]

6. I personally think appointee senators shouldn't run for the seat.

It's part of the reason I haven't said much regarding the Illinois/New York/Delaware Senate seat discussions. Let the appointee serve until the next election for the person who is resigning, and either hold a special election, or have the person not run the next term.

Or, at least, if they run they shouldn't get treated as an incumbent by the local party when the next election comes. I think it would definitely keep "pay for play" out of it. Caroline would have been a great caretaker appointee for the seat. But I no longer vote in New York elections, so I really don't have the right to tell New Yorkers what to do.

Personally, I want us fielding our best candidates for primary elections in 2010 for these seats, so we choose the strongest candidate to keep the seats blue in 2010.

We really need to hold on to the spirit we had in this election and keep it moving for the 2010 elections. Republicans are very good at mobilizing their people to vote in midterm elections, we need to remember that.

[Thrill]

7. If she gets it. She likely would lose a primary

to Maloney or McCarthy. Right?

[TeamJordan23]

8. I agree. I would take Caroline over a Blue Dog Democrat anyday. After all, Obama trusted her

to run his VP search committee.

[polichick]

9. My God - in a state as big as NY this is as good as he could do??

[THUNDER HANDS]

10. on a scale of 1-10, Gillibrand is about a 5

CK is about a 1.