New York Governor Dave Paterson (upper picture), showing a brazen independent streak, defied the liberal wing of his Democratic Party yesterday by choosing a little-known Congresswoman to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as New York's junior senator.Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (lower picture) is more like Sarah Palin than limousine liberal politicians that New York usually sends to Washington.
Gillibrand is an attractive mother with a great personality. She even backs the NRA and is against the bailouts and gay marriage.The decision was a major rebuff to some of the state's best-known Democrats interested in Clinton's seat, including Attorney General and former federal Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo.
Sources said "at least five" members of the state's Democratic congressional delegation called Paterson to protest the possibility of Gillibrand's selection. One, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy of Nassau County, even threatened a primary challenge.
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