Nydia Velazquez is Apparent Frontrunner To Replace Hillary

So says the New York Daily News:

Rep. Nydia Velazquez is the front-runner – for now, at least – to replace Hillary Clinton if she becomes the next secretary of state, a source close to Gov. Paterson said yesterday.

There are two other top contenders: Rep. Brian Higgins of Buffalo and Rep. Steve Israel of Long Island. Each would help Paterson with key constituencies when he makes his first run in 2010 for the post he inherited from disgraced Gov. Eliot Spitzer – upstaters in Higgins’ case and suburbanites in Israel’s.

Velazquez offers the tantalizing possibility of killing two political birds with one stone by appealing to Hispanics and women – both critical voting blocs.

I see this as much more likely than Brian Higgins… and far more realistic than Byron Brown.

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Matt Margolis is co-author (with Mark Noonan) of Caucus of Corruption: The Truth About The New Democratic Majority. He also blogs at Blogs For Victory. Follow Matt on Twitter.

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One Response to “Nydia Velazquez is Apparent Frontrunner To Replace Hillary”

1. Betting on Velazquez, Washington Drama | The New York Observer says:

   November 17, 2008 at 3:14 pm

   [...] is probably right in proposing Nydia Velazquez as the most likely replacement for Hillary Clinton. [Buffalo Bean and Albany [...]

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