I had no idea you had Upstate NY roots; I’m pretty close to the 12220 zip code myself. I think the 20th CD will be going away after the next census, so even if a Tedisco or Faso gets in it may be for only 2 years.

I do enjoy the ‘progressives’ crying about how she isn’t liberal enough.

As a New Englander you may be aware a New York Republican is like a Democrat in Arkansas, Alabama, or Tennessee. The political difference between George Pataki and Bill Clinton was measured using microscopes.

While Gillibrand got a 100 from the NRA, she also got a 100 from the ACLU, 96 from AFL-CIO, 100 from the National Organization for Women, an A grade from Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, an A grade from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, and a 95 from the League of Conservation Voters.

The Club for Growth gave her a 2, Christian Coalition scored her at 8, and James Dobson’s Family Research Council gave her a 5.

I’ve met her, she is very smart, engaged, family centric, very likable, she was a successful attorney in a corporate law firm, and she is loved by her district because she stood up for them. This was a brilliant move, but don’t confuse the reaction from the NYC village voice crowd who isn’t used to not getting things their way. We have seen this type of overreaction before, it is usually associated in insult campaigns that target women in politics who don’t fit a certain mold. Gillibrand fits the mold of most New York women, you know, because she is a mother of two who can shoot a gun and skips poetry reading on Tuesday night. To many, that just ain’t right.

DAVE PICKS GILLIBRAND AS LIBERAL DEMS HOWL

Liberal Dems – generally speaking, isn’t that redundant?

9. Hill wags have chattered about a rift between the rising-star Gillibrand — who agitated hard for a coveted seat on Ways and Means — and Nancy Pelosi, although the women have denied there’s any tension.

More nightmares for the Moonbat of the House.