A much better person for the seat than Caroline. She’s a Blue Dog Democrat. Pro-second Amendment, Pro-border control, Pro-tax cuts, Pro-military.
Of course, Peter King would have been my choice, too, but I am happy enough when I think of what we ALMOST got!
Peter King is an anti gun Republican and the pr!ck has sponsored Irish terrorism in the past. Why the Hell would you want him...
She is better than him 'cept for that damned D attached to her name.
I would vote for a consevative D over a Liberal R anyday.
I'm really surprised Patterson went with Kristin Gillibrand. Seems like the last person a socialist Dem machine candidate would want. It's also the kind of pick I'd make if I was Governor of NY and someone put a gun to my head and forced me to select a RAT replacement for Hillary. I'd pick the most obscure moderate upstate (as far away from NYC as possible) Dem with as little seniority as possible from a heavy GOP district to ensure we regain that Congressional seat once she's out of it. Gillibrand probably fits that criteria more than any other NY Dem. She's not even that "moderate", she's just moderate by marxist NYC Dem standards (had to be to win in a district that's voted Republican for decades), which is causing them to throw a fit.
Come to think of it, if someone put a gun to my head and forced me to pick a well known Chicago machine RAT to replace Obama in the Senate, my first choice would have been Roland Burris as well (with his delusional narcissism, bland personality, being out of office for 14 years, and having a Jim Oberweis type track record in winning elections). Are these RAT governors channeling my mind, or what? ;-)
The only logical thing (from a Dem standpoint of wanting to ensure a Dem Senate win in 2010) that may have went through Patterson's mind with this pick is that Gillibrand is indisputably pro-gun (100% rating from the NRA), whereas King is indisputably a gun-grabber (D ratings from the NRA and big fat F's from the GOA). This flips one of the most loyal conservative constituencies from rallying around the Republican candidate to supporting the Dem instead. King is still more conservative than Gillibrand overall, but if she's truly Pro-border control, Pro-tax cuts, and Pro-military, it instantly neutralizes the three "good" areas where the otherwise RINOish Peter King can claim loyal Republican support. The only thing that's left for the conservative base is that King is pro-life and Gillibrand is pro-abortion, but single-issue pro-life campaigns have never done well in NY.