My Senator (Continued)

Tom Watson inspired this post with his In Praise of Chuck post.

The Gotham Gal and I have been big fans of our senator, Chuck Schumer, for a long time.  He's a nice guy, he "shows up" as Tom says, and he cares about what matters.  He's also a master at raising money.

Chuck was thinking about running for Governor here in NY in 2006, pitting him in a primary battle against Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.   Since we like Eliot a lot too, that would have been a tough one for The Gotham Gal and me.

But Chuck did us a favor on Monday when he announced he was not going to run for Governor in 2006 and instead had joined the new Democratic leadership in the Senate and more importantly, had agreed to become the Chairman of the DSCC, which is the organization that works to elect Democratic Senators around the country.

A lot of people outside of New York probably think Chuck is a "liberal".  He has been one of the most ardent proponents of gun regulations in Congress.  He has led the Democrat's efforts to stop the appointment of conservative judges.  And so he is seen as a liberal.

But the reality is that Chuck is a middle of the road guy.  He's from Brooklyn.  He understands the people and their everyday problems.   He is very well liked in the Republican parts of upstate New York.  He's a pragmatic guy who gets things done.

So I agree with Tom when he says that Chuck is the right guy to lead the Democrat's efforts to take back control of the Senate.  If he asks us for help, we'll be there for him.

Comments

[jackson]

I applaud Chuck for putting the nation before his own personal goals. I'm sure he would have liked to be Governor, but the fact is we need him in the Senate now more than ever, and it's clear that he sees that too.

[Hector]

Sorry to interrupt the orgy here, but Sen. Schumer gets a rating of 85 out of 100 by the ADA. The National Journal rates him among the 15 most liberal members of the senate. Here's the link covering all kinds of interest group ratings of Sen Schumer if you don't believe me: http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=H2661103

Part of the reason you guys got creamed in this election is because of idiotic comments like yours. Chuck Schumer is no moderate, he is most definitely a liberal.
The facts are indisputable. You are in denial ... get over it and get real.

[Tom Watson]

Hector - your comments are the ones that are idiotic. Liberal, in that survey, is only "extreme" versus the mean - and the mean these days has been pushed to the right by the extremists on the right. Chuck's a committed center-left, across-the-aisle Democrat. You're lucky you live in the country as such a man...

[Hector]

Extreme against the mean? WTF is that? LOL. A score of 85 out of 100 is ... a score of 85 out of 100. There is no "mean" here and you do not know what you are talking about. You and Chuck Schumer are lucky to live in a country that let's math-illiterate socialists like you express your drivel so freely.

[emoticone]

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