Posted on 02/12/2010 5:31:47 PM PST by CaptainK
Mortimer B. Zuckerman, the real estate tycoon and publisher of The Daily News, is considering a bid for the Senate seat now held by Kirsten E. Gillibrand, according to two people told of the discussions.
Mr. Zuckerman regards Ms. Gillibrand as vulnerable to a challenge and is hoping that, at a time of economic tumult and political unrest, his background as an outsider to government, and his record as a business executive, will appeal to the state’s electorate, these people said.
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He has big time buyers remorse regarding Obama and I think he wants to throw a wrench in the Democrat works.
The plot thickens.
The only grown-up on the scene is Paul Volcker. It is sad that you have to be 80 years old to qualify anymore.
Spot on. Also this: his concerns and priorities and tendencies seem to me to be identical to those of Joe Lieberman. It seems impossible for a jet-set Jewish man NOT to be a social liberal. However, for both men, their most identifying political characteristcs are wrapped up in security for the US and Israel, and the ways that those two concerns go hand-in-hand. To me, that is the post 9/11 reality that set in on the likes of Dennis Miller, Ron Silver and Ed Koch (just to name a few). I find Zuck quite acceptable in the role of Senator from NY, in the (R) caucus.
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