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Zuckerman Is Said to Be Weighing Bid for Senate
New York Times ^ | 2/12/10 | MICHAEL BARBARO and TIM ARANGO

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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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2010midterms; gopprimary; ny2010; nygop; zuckerman
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1 posted on 02/12/2010 5:31:48 PM PST by CaptainK
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To: CaptainK

He’s considering a run as a phony Republican like Bloomberg. May as well have a Democrat win. If he does do this and get the Republican nomination, the Conservative Party should run a strong candidate. They might win (though not likely) like Buckley did years ago.


2 posted on 02/12/2010 5:36:05 PM PST by Comparative Advantage
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To: CaptainK

Being an outsider now does not guarantee he won’t become an insider if and when he is elected.

Having said that, though, a guy with business experience might be just what we need...not some leftist intellectual who has never been out in the real world.


3 posted on 02/12/2010 5:36:16 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: CaptainK

The Daily News is a liberal rag, a poor cousin to the Times. I can’t say I’d be thrilled with that as a Senator but then anyone is an upgrade over Chuckie Cheese.


4 posted on 02/12/2010 5:38:20 PM PST by OrangeHoof ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Bend over suckahs".)
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To: Comparative Advantage
He regrets his vote for Obama so that's as good as it gets for NY State.
5 posted on 02/12/2010 5:40:30 PM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: fatnotlazy

Could’nt agree more....

We don’t need another Obama clone who has never run even a hot dog stand.


6 posted on 02/12/2010 5:43:02 PM PST by ajay_kumar (Need more Republicans of all stripes in congress to stop Obama's socialist agenda)
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To: CaptainK

Unions won’t take to kindly to the fact that he hired SCABS to run the NY Daily News a while back.


7 posted on 02/12/2010 5:45:06 PM PST by Roccus (POLITICIAN.....................a four letter word spelled with ten letters.)
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To: CaptainK

Mort Zuckerman, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Bloomberg...

... ain’t no difference. Liberals ALL!


8 posted on 02/12/2010 5:45:32 PM PST by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: Reagan Man

I would vote for any of those 3 over Gillibrand, Hillary, Obama, Pelosi, Reid,.....


9 posted on 02/12/2010 5:48:55 PM PST by ajay_kumar (Need more Republicans of all stripes in congress to stop Obama's socialist agenda)
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To: Reagan Man

You forgot Skeefoza.

Says a lot about the NY GOP now, don’t it!


10 posted on 02/12/2010 5:49:17 PM PST by Roccus (POLITICIAN.....................a four letter word spelled with ten letters.)
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To: Roccus
These guys are Rockefeller Republican’s!

The same guys Goldwater fought against in the 1960`s and the same liberals Reagan beat down to a bloody pulp back in the 1970`s in finally winning the WH. Just a herd of northeast liberals, not a conservative in the bunch.

11 posted on 02/12/2010 5:58:49 PM PST by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: fatnotlazy
Being an outsider now does not guarantee he won’t become an insider if and when he is elected.

Sounds like he's an insider now, whose trying to represent as an outsider.

12 posted on 02/12/2010 5:59:24 PM PST by Tonytitan
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To: Reagan Man

They ain’t EVEN Rockefeller Republicans.

Trust me, I was born raised and lived in Fun City for 57 years. They just have the R hung after their names. The only group that would consider them ANY kind of Republican is the NY GOP!.....well maybe the WV GOP also.


13 posted on 02/12/2010 6:08:46 PM PST by Roccus (POLITICIAN.....................a four letter word spelled with ten letters.)
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To: Roccus
>>>>>They ain’t EVEN Rockefeller Republicans. Trust me, I was born raised and lived in Fun City for 57 years.

I too was born and raised in the Big Apple. I left when the city went bankrupt. Rockefeller Republican always meant liberal Republican, like John Lindsey, Jacob Javits and of course, Nelsen Rockefeller. Today, maybe RINO is a more appropriate term to use. ;^)

14 posted on 02/12/2010 6:15:40 PM PST by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: Reagan Man

I couldn’t get out until 02. You missed some really fun times.


15 posted on 02/12/2010 6:18:45 PM PST by Roccus (POLITICIAN.....................a four letter word spelled with ten letters.)
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To: fatnotlazy

He’s been a boot licking liberal for as long as I can remember - his tenure to USN&WP into the NW and TIME clone sewer that it is today.

Flush him.


16 posted on 02/12/2010 6:20:50 PM PST by WorkingClassFilth
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To: Roccus

Family and friends kept me up on all the happenings and still do. One trip a year max, is all I can muster anymore.


17 posted on 02/12/2010 6:25:10 PM PST by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: OrangeHoof
Zuckerman is a huge improvement of slimy Chucky.

MZ is a grown up. imo

America needs grown-ups to step forward and save our nation.

18 posted on 02/12/2010 6:30:16 PM PST by Finalapproach29er (Obama will sink as fast as he rose. Idolatry will not succeed. Be patient, folks...)
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To: CaptainK

His paper is a liberal rag but Mort endorsed W in both elections. So go figure.


19 posted on 02/12/2010 6:32:24 PM PST by Miss Didi ("After all...tomorrow is another day." Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind)
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To: Reagan Man

And, he’s mainstream media to boot. Do we need Mort or Pinch or Joe Klein or any of those MSM types holding a Senate seat? Nah, I don’t think so.


20 posted on 02/12/2010 6:40:32 PM PST by izzatzo
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