It's over for New York Governor David Paterson. Or if it isn't, he needs to pull, as James Carville would say, the greatest comeback since Lazarus. Marist College. 2/26-27. Registered voters. MoE 3%. Would you rate the job Governor David Paterson is doing as excellent, good, fair or poor? Excellent/...

Given the dire economic times that face our nation's states, sitting governors, Democrat and Republican, have become sitting targets. The list of states in serious economic trouble - including such mega-states as California, Michigan and New York - grows daily. Across the country, governors are ...

ALBANY—Kirsten Gillibrand thinks New Yorkers are starting to get used to the idea that she’ll be a senator for a long time. “I think it’s happening already, I really do,� Ms. Gillibrand said in an interview on Feb. 14 as she ate a celery stick dipped in blue cheese at the end of a long day...

The competent-governance lesson for today: when faced with a major political decision such as making an appointment to the United States Senate, don't handle it in such a way that the process winds up pissing everybody off. We can now see our way clear to a 2011 when Kirsten Gillibrand is still in o...

Following up on the Illinois story below, the political situation in New York doesn't look good for the Governor, David Paterson, or his pick to be Senator, Kirsten Gillibrand. Some Democrats really know how to turn a winning situation into a losing one pretty damn fast. Hillary Clinton's ascension ...

ALBANY—As the state's black and Hispanic elected establishment gathers here for a weekend-long conference, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will be in in the city Saturday to endorse Scott Murphy for the congressional seat she once held. "Scott Murphy is a hard worker, he's got a terrific b...

ALBANY-A week before the process to appoint New York's junior U.S. senator reached its messy end, Governor David Paterson stood onstage at an event with Hillary Clinton and compared his experience in the state's highest office to a dirty movie. "I've been governor for nine and a hal...

Recently, I posted on the disappointment many of us were feeling at the appointment of Kirsten Gillibrand as Sen. Hillary Clinton’s replacement in New York. However, it looks as though the new reality of her much more diverse constituency may be sinking in. From the New York Times: Kirsten E. ...

Governor David Paterson’s decision-making process may have been flawed, but his choice of Kirsten Gillibrand as New York’s new junior senator ought to be applauded for several reasons, not the least of which is geography. Upstate New York has been suffering a long economic decline for years now....

"I know Kirsten Gillibrand very well and worked for her election to Congress. She has been a steadfast supporter of equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and same-sex couples. I am optimistic that her appointment to the U.S. Senate and her voice in that body will furthe...