How much pressure will Obama bring to bear on Paterson?

TO CHOOSE CAROLINE? What is the benefit to Obama having Caroline in the NY Senate Seat,

as opposed to Carolyn Maloney or Andrew Cuomo? There are also a number of House Members, Kirsten Gillibrand, Steve Israel, Brian Higgins, Nydia Velazquez and Jerrold Nadler in the mix.

Let’s explore the facts. We know Hillary whipped Obama silly during each and every debate always the winner until Timmy threw out a last minute question meant to trap Hillary about Immigrants and Illegal Aliens..

Did we know at the time Caroline was a director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Commission on Presidential Debates. Speaking for myself, NO, I didn’t know she was even involved with Obama’s campaign. As far as we all knew, Caroline was supporting Hillary!

Here is a short list of eligible candidates for the NY Senate Seat:

Carolyn Bosher Maloney (born February 19, 1948) is a New York Democrat serving in the United States House of Representatives for New York’s 14th congressional district (map) since 1993.

New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney is a strong voice for New Yorkers, and a national leader with extensive accomplishments on security, financial services, the economy, and women’s issues.

As the co-founder of the House 9/11 Commission Caucus, Maloney helped author and pass legislation to implement all of the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations for improving intelligence gathering. And in the wake of the Dubai Ports debacle, she helped craft successful legislation to reform the system for vetting foreign investment in the United States.

As a renowned champion for domestic and international women’s issues, Maloney helped passed legislation to target the demand side of sex trafficking and provide annual mammograms for women on Medicare. Maloney also authored the Debbie Smith bill to process DNA kits, which has been called the most important anti-rape legislation in history. The story of the legislation was made into a movie by Lifetime Television, A Life Interrupted: The Debbie Smith Story, with actress Lynn Adams portraying Congresswoman Maloney.

Maloney has been active on issues involving women, children and families. A former Co-Chair of the House Caucus on Women’s Issues, she authored and helped secure the enactment into law of a measure to provide federal funding to clear the backlog of rape kits for which evidence had been collected, but never entered into law enforcement DNA databases. It was called “the most important anti-rape legislation ever considered by Congress” by the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network [12]. Maloney’s bill, included in the “Justice for All Act of 2005″, was named in honor of Debbie Smith, a rape survivor; the effort to enact it was later the subject of a Lifetime Television movie, “A Life Interrupted: The Debbie Smith Story” .

Maloney introduced the “Comprehensive Comparative Study of Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Populations Act of 2007” (H.R. 2832), legislation that would require the National Institute of Health (NIH) to conduct a comprehensive comparative study of vaccinated and unvaccinated populations, which may resolve the heated controversy over the possible link between autism and vaccine components, including thimerosal and aluminum.[14] The original bill did not pass, but Maloney reintroduced the legislation in 2008.

New York City has no stronger advocate in Congress than Maloney. She has doggedly fought for full federal assistance to help the city rebuild from 9/11, most recently helping secure the very first doses of federal money for the health care needs of those made sick by the toxic air at Ground Zero. She has also delivered significant federal funding for the Second Avenue Subway and East Side Access transportation projects, both of which run through her district.

Maloney’s career has been a series of firsts. She is the first woman to represent New York’s 14th Congressional District, the first woman to represent New York City’s 7th Councilmanic district, and the first woman Vice-Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, a House and Senate panel that examines and addresses the nation’s most pressing economic issues. She was also the first woman to give birth while serving on the New York City Council.

In addition to her work on the Joint Economic Committee, Maloney is Chair of the House Financial Services Committee’s Financial Institutions Subcommittee, which has jurisdiction.

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Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik Gillibrand:

(b. December 9, 1966, Albany, New York) is a Democratic politician, elected on November 7, 2006, to represent New York’s 20th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. She is the first Democrat to represent the district since Edward W. Pattison in 1978 and the first female representative of the district.

During the Clinton Administration, Gillibrand served as Special Counsel to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Andrew Cuomo. She worked on HUD’s Labor Initiative and its New Markets Initiative, on strengthening Davis-Bacon Act enforcement and on drafting new markets legislation for public and private investment in building infrastructure in lower income areas.

As a partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner, Gillibrand worked on a wide range of legal and policy-related issues. She represented many pro bono cases, including abused women and their children, and tenants seeking safe housing after lead paint and unsafe conditions were found in their homes.

She was the Chair of the Women’s Leadership Forum Network and was on the Boards of the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee and the Commission on Greenway Heritage Conservancy for the Hudson River Valley. She also served on the Advisory Board for the Brennan Center for Justice.

Issues and positions

Gillibrand is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition.[3] She strongly opposes gun control.[4] She is a strong advocate of 2nd Amendment rights. She supports extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts; stem cell research; and the Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act. [1] Gillibrand opposes attempts to partially privatize Social Security.[2] She strongly supported passage of the 2008 Farm Bill. Gillibrand broke with former Governor Eliot Spitzer on the issue of illegal immigration, opposing his plan to issue New York State drivers licenses to illegal immigrants.[5]

Committee assignments

* Committee on Agriculture
o Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture
o Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
* Committee on Armed Services
o Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces
o Subcommittee on Terrorism and Unconventional Threats

Congresswoman Gillibrand is also the co-founder of the Congressional High Tech Caucus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten_Gillibrand

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Andrew Cuomo–is the New York State Attorney General. He was elected on November 7, 2006. Previously Cuomo was the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton between 1997 and 2001.

Cuomo has had a very uneven career. It would takes pages and pages of narrative to explain and corroborate it all. You can read the wiki summary HERE and make of it what you will.

It seems his Best Achievement as State AG is:

“On November 7, 2007, as part of his probe into the mortgage industry as New York Attorney General Cuomo announced subpoenas for Freddie Mac (FRE) and Fannie Mae (FNM) requesting the companies retain an independent examiner to review mortgages and appraisals. Cuomo sued First American Corporation (FAF) and its eAppraiseIT unit for allegedly colluding with Washington Mutual to use a list of select appraisers to inflate mortgage appraisals. Washington Mutual stock responded with a sharp decline. CNBC’s Jim Cramer labeled Cuomo a “communist” who “wants to shut down the mortgage market.”.

Cuomo appears to have been onto the scam before the domino of foreclosures began their unprecedented fall as we now know it. Which I believe would be a solid plank for his platform should he decide to run for Governor against Paterson… So much for the credibility of Jim Cramer! And so much for the lax oversight committee in charge of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

After reviewing these three candidates side by side. Carolyn Maloney is the standout of this group. Carolyn Maloney is a strong voice for New Yorkers, and a national leader with extensive accomplishments on security, financial services, the economy, and women’s issues. Which is exactly what NY’ers need and are looking for.

Caroline Kennedy seems poised to be more of a help to Obama seeing her credentials at this point in time involve The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Commission on Presidential Debates. And all inclusive her family operating under the flag of Nepotism will surely join hands entrenched in the system of Federal Goverment. Leaving Caroline as the best prospect for the first Woman President in 2012.

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