Paterson Defys Liberals

New York Governor Paterson picked Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Hillary Clinton. Great pick for New York.

Gillibrand is not one of the nut job Liberal wackos that you would expect from New York. She is Conservative on some issues, like gun rights. She is NRA backed, which causes me to give her a thumbs up.

Here from the NY Post:

Gov. Paterson, defying the liberal wing of his Democratic Party, has chosen little-known, NRA-backed, upstate Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as New York's junior senator, it was learned last night.

The surprising - and, for many Democrats shocking - decision to pick the conservative Gillibrand, 42, from Hudson in Columbia County, was disclosed by the governor in calls to party officials and some members of the state's congressional delegation, many of whom said they were unhappy with the selection, sources said