Preparing Senate Run, Rep. Carolyn Maloney Loses Democrats’ Embrace
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/us/politics/02maloney.html?_r=1&hp
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"Ms. Maloney finds herself very much alone these days. Defying the wishes of Democratic leaders, she plans to announce a Senate bid in the coming days. And that has left Ms. Maloney, a quintessential New York liberal usually embraced by the party, something of an outcast.
She has been thwarted in her efforts to hire staff members. Some longtime supporters and interest groups are abandoning her. And an initiative she has worked on for seven years — to help workers exposed to toxic particles at the World Trade Center site — is now being advanced by Ms. Gillibrand with the support of Senate elders.
Pressure from party leaders, among them President Obama, scared off other would-be challengers to Ms. Gillibrand, including the Manhattan borough president and a Long Island congressman.
But it seems to have only strengthened the resolve of the often irrepressible Ms. Maloney, a 62-year-old North Carolina native who once appeared on the House floor in a burqa to protest the treatment of women by the Taliban.
In an interview on Wednesday, Ms. Maloney said she wanted to give voters a choice.
“People around the world watched and were inspired as people in Iran risked their lives to vote,” she said. “New Yorkers deserve the same. They deserve the right to vote, the right to make their own decision.”
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She has been thwarted in her efforts to hire staff members. Some longtime supporters and interest groups are abandoning her. And an initiative she has worked on for seven years — to help workers exposed to toxic particles at the World Trade Center site — is now being advanced by Ms. Gillibrand with the support of Senate elders.
Pressure from party leaders, among them President Obama, scared off other would-be challengers to Ms. Gillibrand, including the Manhattan borough president and a Long Island congressman.
But it seems to have only strengthened the resolve of the often irrepressible Ms. Maloney, a 62-year-old North Carolina native who once appeared on the House floor in a burqa to protest the treatment of women by the Taliban.
In an interview on Wednesday, Ms. Maloney said she wanted to give voters a choice.
“People around the world watched and were inspired as people in Iran risked their lives to vote,” she said. “New Yorkers deserve the same. They deserve the right to vote, the right to make their own decision.”
Much more at link!
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current89
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I find New York State politics highly interesting. Personally I support Maloney's candidacy, but I can understand why the party would want a less heated primary. Featured on the US Politics channel.
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