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Liberty wrote:Party politics has always been a more about personalities, favors and relationships more than ideologies. Thats Why we can have a leftist like McCain call himself a Republican.

I don't see what that has to do with asking someone to back up their statement that Schumer opposed Gillibrand.

I quoted reputable news sources showing Schumer supporting Gillibrand. I'm still waiting for him to quote sources.

Oldgringo wrote:That has to be good news for us; however, it is reported that the governor's appointment fried Messrs. Bloomberg's and Schummer's shorts.

Where was that reported? Everything I saw said the opposite.

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Gov. David Paterson's pick of Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to be a senator "was strongly backed for the post by Charles Schumer, the state's senior senator

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Both Clinton and the state’s senior senator, Charles Schumer, think highly of Gillibrand -- though they deny reports that they pushed her for the job.