From the NY Times:When it comes to New York’s suddenly vacant Ninth Congressional seat, Elizabeth Holtzman is not exactly playing it coy.
She wants the job.
“I could hit the ground running,” she said of the post, now up for grabs since Representative Anthony D. Weiner resigned. “I know I could fight effectively for the people of this district. I was in Congress.”
Ms. Holtzman, the youngest woman to be elected to Congress, represented Brooklyn in the House from 1973 to 1981, later becoming the district attorney in Brooklyn and comptroller for New York City.
In a telephone interview the other day, Ms. Holtzman said she had already expressed her interest in the job to Representative Joseph Crowley, the head of the Democratic Party in Queens, who will play an influential role in selecting the party’s nominee. A special election is scheduled for Sept. 13, and there will be no primaries — instead, party leaders will select the candidates, and at this point there is no indication whom they have in mind.
16 comments:
How old is she? Shouldn't she be retired? Guess she figures there's lot of money to make.
The district must have a left /leaning progressive like her to help destroy the Constitution even more .
go away,
it is dej vu all over again
The only thing Holtzman accomplished during her term in congress was sit on the Watergate Hearings. She was ineffective and a snot to boot
opportunist
Prediction:
Holtzman will swallow the Weiner!
A wiener in a dress, Great!
doesn't she lead the Gay /Homo Parade yearly ?
She doesn't, but if she did, so what?
It seems to me that the only people who are going to wind up running for this seat are those who don't really care about being re-elected. Why make any effort for a seat that won't exist in a year? That's why Holtzman is running and why Eric Ulrich isn't running now. He's too smart to give up a safe seat.
Is it true that many female democrat politicians do not like weiner ?
Nice try, Gramps. No sale.
"Holtzman wants Weiner's seat"
Too much information!
Holtzman wants to sit on the weiner...
She is the worst liberal around. If she wants this job why did she leave as congresswoman originally to run for city offices?
She originally left to run for United States Senator. She lost. Then she ran for city office.
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