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The hits keep coming towards Governor David Paterson, for how he handled appointing a replacement to Hillary Clinton's Senate seat. Specifically, how his aides spun the crumbling of Caroline Kennedy's Senate bid fast and furious through quotes to the press.

Not surprisingly after two months of buildup and a tumultuous road to get to its finish line, the conclusion of selecting a replacement for Senator Hillary Clinton did not go out with a whimper. Instead, many of the storylines that had manifested themselves culminated this week with Governor Paterson's ultimate selection of Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand.

The congresswoman whose last name begins with a soft "g" may have to become the senator who reconsiders her hard-lined history against gun control control advocates. That seems to be the one thing we've learned in the less than 48 hours since it was revealed that Representative Kirsten Gillibrand would be named to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate following the Caroline Kennedy fiasco.

Governor Paterson introduced his long-awaited pick to fill Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, upstate Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand. Politicker NY reports Gillibrand said, "I realize that for many New Yorkers, this is the first time you've heard my name and you don't know much about me. But I assure you that over the next few years, you will get to know me, and I will get to know you."

New York is still in waiting game-mode: Governor Paterson, on WFAN's "Boomer and Carton Show," said that he was thinking about announcing a Senate pick this weekend, "but I just kind of decided I didn't want to trample on Senator Clinton's ability to come back and say farewell to her constituents nor ... the inauguration." Politico's Ben Smith feels Paterson is hinting that he may choose someone a little more unexpected, since he said, "There are some great candidates who have distinguished themselves but aren't so well known." Paterson also added, "My job is not to pick the person who is popular today. It's the person who is going to be popular in 2010, when they run for re-election." Wait, Paterson can see into the future?