[IGOTMINE]

This woman is NRA endorsed, anti-pork barrel/earmarks and has a few other things to commend her. I suspect she’s rapidly pro-abortion, but of the choices she’s far and away the best.

[2banana]

Is this really true (all NYers)??

A glimmer of hope in the darkness.

[mgc1122]

I’m sure NY will send another flaming liberal like Schumer to the Senate in 2010.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Yeah, let’s all jump for joy because of a phony bruhahaha ginned up by a bunch of libs on both sides. Gillibrand is a NYC liberal and any gestures made towards conservatism were made purely for political expedience.

[JZelle]

Conservative dem? Isn’t that like dividing by zero?

[Dixie Yooper]

Has Harry Reed said anything about refusing to seat her yet?

[Bluegrass Conservative]

As an outsider looking in, I would assume this is smart move on Patterson’s part as he looks towards running for a full term as Governor. Wouldn’t his main opposition come from upstate?

[xcamel]

“Conservative Dem” in NY??

No such thing.. never has been, never will be.

“Gigglebritches” is a nightmare.

[Tupelo]

“conservative Democrat”
Isn't that an oxymoron? Kinda like Government ethics?

[Jeff Head]

Sh may well be a few centillas less further left than the worst of them.

But I believce NARAL gave her a grade of 100. She's not a conservative. She may score a little better by NRA...but I would like to see what GOA and JPFO say about her anyway...and my guess is that those two will nothave much good at all to say about her as regards RKBA.

IT'S TIME FOR A RETURN TO THE OLD SCHOOL

[ritewingwarrior]

There is no way she is a conservative. Maybe fiscally we can hope, but anyone recommended by Chuckie is not a conservative. Those howling liberals must not have been at the briefing where Chuckie described why she was a good pick.

[Doogle]

my guess, a deal was cut, either a blue dog, or something real messy was going to break on Caroline. Now all her "troubles" will just fade away.

[politicalmerc]

New York conservatives - both of us - are pleased to see the liberal wing of the Democrat Party repudiated.<<<<<<<<

I got such a good laugh out of this line.

[pnh102]

Wow... Patterson actually picked someone who was qualified. Not bad.

[Dahoser]

Surprising pretty much everyone, NY Governor David Patterson is expected to announce today that he has selected upstate conservative Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand to fill the seat vacated by new Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, infuriating the Dems who had been aggressively lobbying behind the scenes for the patronage peach.

She is no conservative Democrat. I don't know where that crap is coming from. She has a lifetime ACU rating of 8, National Right-to-Life Committee rating of 0, NARAL rating of 100, and voted with Grammy Nancy over 90% of the time in the last Congress. Even here in the PRNY, that's not a conservative Democrat.

[Badeye]

Now sit back and watch as SNL takes another swipe at Patterson....(chuckle)

These things are so predictable.

[thefactor]

given her status with the NRA, i have no idea how schumer backed her.

[Chode]

upstate gets some representation??? that alone will make them crazy, but an NRA endorsement, that will make RATheads explode for sure...

[b4its2late]

I guess that’s good for us upstate, assuming she stays that way in the Senate, I hope anyway. But she can always go left.