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Secretary Schumer? Maybe!

2007_08_chuckschumer.jpgNew York's senior Senator Chuck Schumer is known for his ubiquity on the talk show circuit, fighting for New York's share of federal dollars and the occasional tour de Brooklyn. He is also credited with helping the Democrats win back the Senate last year. So it's all very interesting that he told NY1's Inside City Hall that he'd be open to serving in a cabinet position, if a Democrat wins the presidency in 2008. But he clarified:

"Well I really focus on what I am doing. I enjoy being senator. I hope more importantly than that, I am effective for the people of New York and the people of this country. I've been a legislator my whole life and I've never really been looking for the next job."
But we bet he wouldn't mind giving up rooming with Senator Dick Durbin and Congressman Bill Delahunt and George Miller when he lives in DC.

Schumer's latest crusade: To make Countrywide stop its brokers from steering borrowers into risky subprime loans. Brokers currently get higher commissions if they do.

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By Jen Chung in on August 30, 2007 8:08 AM

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  • guest

    Fuck you Schumer.

  • guest

    such a press whore

  • guest

    It's not true that Schumer does press conferences on EVERY issue. He never said a word about the Staten Island Ferry crash. Oh right, Mrs. Schumer, aka Iris Weinshall, was Commissioner of the DOT at the time and was blamed for not having properly managed the ferry bureau. Why would Chuck want to comment on that?

  • guest

    Secretary Schumer would mean war with Iran. BTW whatever happened to that pesky weasly little man Paul Wolfowitz?

  • Toby von Meistersinger

    Most of the stuff Chuck does seems to be designed to get him on television. The one thing I have noticed is that he often chooses Sundays, which tend to be slow news days, for the press conference for announcement of his latest pet peeve/project. They almost always make it on the news, since it is something easy to cover.

  • Bubba

    Sound Bite Chuck Speaks!

  • guest

    Like we need another of these troublemakers in the White House - look what happened with Wolfowitz and the mess he's made, even after resigning! These people are just not good for international diplomacy!



    DTATJ!

  • guest

    I consider myself a moderate Democrat, but I have never hated a politician more than Schumer. All politicians crave publicity, but if a have a nickel everytime a see a Schumer on the street "press conference" with his charts and whining about some mundane issue of the day, I would be a rich man.

  • guest

    Schumer is going to make Brownie look good. Schumer is late to everything. Just noticing those sub-prime mortages, Chuck? Ever pick up a business section?

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