The (still relatively long) short list
Any time there's a major political appointment to be made, we hear about "the short list" of candidates. That list generally gets shorter and shorter until a candidate is chosen and at some point is usually leaked to the media and the case is no different with Governor David A. Paterson's appointment of a replacement for New York's junior Senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The list (in no particular order), as we currently have it, has been narrowed down to the following11 people, all Democrats:
- Caroline Kennedy
- State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo
- Nassau County District Executive Tom Suozzi
- Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown
- Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, Jr.
- Rep. Nydia Velazquez
- Rep. Carolyn Maloney
- Rep. Steve Israel
- Rep. Jerrold Nadler
- Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand
- Rep. Brian Higgins.
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