Senator Caretaker?
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- December
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AP’s Michael Gormley is floating out that idea this afternoon, saying the possibility of Governor Paterson picking a placeholder for the soon-to-be open Senate seat until the 2010 election is being discussed in Democratic circles.
Even former President Clinton, who was initially rumored as a possible successor to his wife Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton but was quickly knocked down by the former president himself, may also be reemerging as an option, the article states.
Other interesting names mentioned are retiring Chief Judge Judith Kaye and former Gov. Mario Cuomo, instead of Paterson picking his son Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
Paterson has rejected the idea of picking a placeholder, saying doing so would only give the person elected in 2010 even less seniority in the Senate. But Paterson has grown increasingly frustrated with all the attention being given to who he may pick.
When the placeholder idea was first discussed a few weeks ago, some mentioned Rep. Louise Slaughter of Rochester, who at age 79 could fill the seat until 2010 and fill some of the criteria that Paterson is considering: a person from upstate and a woman.
But Slaughter seemed to end that talk when she quickly came out in support of Caroline Kennedy.
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