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Posted on 04/15/2010 2:02:44 PM PDT by Maelstorm
NEW YORK—David Malpass, an economist who worked as a treasury official under Ronald Reagan, said he will challenge the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Kirsten Gillibrand.
In front of City Hall, Malpass, 54, who is running on the Republican ticket, made the announcement on Wednesday in front of a crowd of supporters, including multimillionaire Forbes magazine owner Steve Forbes.
Gillibrand was an “unelected” senator that didn't do an adequate job in protecting taxpayers' interestes, said Malpass. He added that she took the wrong path in supporting Presdient Barack Obama's health care and stimulus packages, squandering taxpayers' money in the process.
Malpass, who publishes a column in Forbes and writes for the Wall Street Journal, said his platform is “straightforward” in that he promotes private sector job growth and would move away from heavy taxation. He descibes himself as being fiscally conservative.
“We must have fiscally responsible senators in Washington with the courage and economic arguments to stop it,” said Malpass. “We don't have that today, and I can deliver it.”
Forbes said that Malpass would be capable holding public office, adding that he excels in economics. Malpass is the “ideal candidate” because he has proven that he can promote job growth, said Forbes. “I'm 100 percent behind him,” added Forbes.
Along with Forbes, Malpass was joined by former Republican Assembly Leader John Faso and his wife and his four children.
Malpass, who is currently president of Encina Global, an economic research firm, was also a chief economist at the now defunct Bear Sterns and the deputy assistant secretary of state under President George H. W. Bush. He has never been elected to public office.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was appointed by Gov. David Paterson in 2008 after Hillary Clinton became U.S. secretary of state for the Obama administration.
Several others have said they would like to take the senate seat but have ultimately backed out. Former Tennessee U.S. Representative Harold Ford, former Gov. George Pataki, and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani have all backed out of running for the office.
In a potential Senate primary, Maplass joins the race with former Republican Rep. Joe DioGuardi and former Republican Long Island legislator Bruce Blakeman.
According to a Marist poll in March, Gillibrand beats out Malpass 54 percent to 25 percent in a potential primary. However, her approval rating was low at 27 percent, according to registered voters.
he has the political speech thumb gesture down.
that counts for something.
I’m sure he’ll see thing in the long-term. The problems with politicians is that they think short-term.
The question here ise - will “social conservatives” vote for him?
I don’t know about this man’s personal moral views, but being a fiscal conservative doesn’t mean that he IS a conservative Republican.
With eyes closed I’d vote for him over the appointed rat.
As long as he isn’t a pro-abortion activist or gay rights activist and there isn’t someone more conservative running I’m sure they will. It isn’t hard to be against things like partial birth abortion and for parental rights and to believe marriage should be between a man and a woman. I’m sure he can do that.
I wish him well. Gillibrand isn’t all that popular.
This is why Pataki cleared the decks.
Young(er), self-financable, connected, and actually fairly Conserrvative (For New York).
Better yet, he UNDERSTANDS what happened to the economy, and how it was CAUSED by Democrat Party Government Regulation
Gillibrand was an “unelected” senator that didn’t do an adequate job in protecting taxpayers’ interestes...
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