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With it being all but official that Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney will be taking on Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary for Senate next year, now comes the tough part for Maloney—finding a base of voters while getting little to no support from Democratic big wigs up top. The Times accounts just what a mountain she's up against: receiving an Obama/Steve Israel-like call from Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer scaring away a potential campaign manager and now watching Gillibrand take credit for her WTC workers bill. Maloney said, “Here she takes my bill and introduces it." Maloney's nascent campaign is trying to build some momentum off of the presence of Bill Clinton at an upcoming fundraiser of hers, but it seems that she can't even get any love there. A Clinton spokesperson made it clear the former president was strictly attending to thank Hillary '08 supporters like Maloney and added, "The former president believes that Senator Gillibrand is doing a good job as senator and this type of thank-you event, and any other he may do, should not be read as an endorsement or un-endorsement."
Maloney Begins Fighting Battle No Dems Want Her to Win
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Trust me when I say the only reason politicians are supporting Gillibrand is because she is an absolute stooge. She'll vote how she is told to vote by those in power of the Democratic party. She won't argue a thing because she knows she fell ass backwards into a sweet gig and realy she never had a spine to begin with.
The Times accounts just what a mountain she's up against: receiving an Obama/Steve Israel-like call from Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer scaring away a potential campaign manager and now watching Gillibrand take credit for her WTC workers bill. Maloney said, “Here she takes my bill and introduces it."
Gillibrand is another politician with neither scruples, nor ethics. Carolyn Maloney will have my vote in the primary if she runs.
Well, something tells me that New Yorkers are having bad luck with senators these days (both state and US). Maloney is essentially a protest candidate with a decent chance of winning... one I will happily support.
Punishing someone for voting according to her constituents' wishes is idiotic.
With Maloney we would have a reliably senator who would last one, possibly two terms and be vulnerable against any moderate upstate Republican. With Gillibrand we have someone who will vote exactly the same way, win reelection by wide margins, and could actually be on a national ticket someday.
This is not rocket science. Gillibrand is the obvious choice, and I've lost some respect for Maloney, who pretty much just thinks it was her turn.
The Republican party is in deep trouble in NYS. Their numbers are only going down thanks to declining upstate population. Projections are that by 2013, they won't have much influence anymore in state politics, and it will only get worse. Remember that a Senate term is 6 years. Two terms would be a long time.
reliably ==> reliably liberal
Maloney will be crushed by hands of politburo for challenging Premier Obama's hand-selected New York Senator.
Gillibrand was not elected by voters. She was ok as a stop-gap but she should not be handed a life-time appointment. Let's have her submit to a primary race and see how she does. I, for one, will not be voting for her because she does not represent me on important matters like gun control. Also, I do not care for her naked, cut-throat ambition. But hey, that's just me!