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Will a Man or a Woman be appointed to fill Clinton's vacant Senate seat?

Settled as Paterson Appoints a Female

Background: Caroline Kennedy just dropped out of contention to fill Hillary Clinton's abandoned Senate seat. Governor David Paterson was taken by surprise. He had planned to announce Clinton's replacement on either Friday or Saturday. He now is faced with a new tough decision. The people want Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Paterson is sympathetic to the representation of Women in the Senate. Who will he appoint?

Taken from www.boston.com

Polls have showed voters preferring Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo for the position.

Paterson had planned to announce his selection on Friday or Saturday, but it was not clear how Kennedy’s move may affect the timing. The governor has been coy, and while he has praised Kennedy, he has also spoken approvingly of other candidates, including Cuomo and Representative Kirsten E. Gillibrand, who is beginning her second term in Congress from the Albany area.

Clinton resigned from the Senate yesterday, immediately after being sworn in as secretary of state. The governor has said that he would like to select a woman to succeed her, noting that if he were to choose a man, the number of female senators would drop to just 16.

WILL SUSPEND ON SATURDAY MORNING.

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
Forecast history %
Paterson Appoints a Female
86%
Paterson Appoints a Male
14%
Settled as Paterson Appoints a Female on Fri 23rd Jan 9:25am PST

Suspend date: Sat 24th Jan 5am PST
Settlement date: Fri 23rd Jan 9:25am PST

Initial likelihoods: Paterson Appoints a Female: 55%, Paterson Appoints a Male: 45%

Action history:

Created Thu 22nd Jan 8:59am PST by buckeyetom
Settlement requested Thu 22nd Jan 5:15pm PST by horsefeathers: Kristen Gillibrand is the new senator
Suspended Thu 22nd Jan 6:35pm PST by jenniandboys[Admin]
Settled as 'Paterson Appoints a Female' Fri 23rd Jan 9:25am PST by destry[Admin]

Suspend date: Sat 24th Jan 5am PST
Settlement date: Fri 23rd Jan 9:25am PST details

 

Predictions (74)

43 weeks ago
jenniandboys[Admin] predicted Paterson Appoints a Male (H$200 at 12%)
43 weeks ago
dlking58 predicted Paterson Appoints a Female (H$100 at 89%)
43 weeks ago
soccer11 predicted Paterson Appoints a Male (H$294 at 23%)
43 weeks ago
feastorfamine46 predicted Paterson Appoints a Male (H$500 at 21%)
43 weeks ago
feastorfamine46 predicted Paterson Appoints a Male (H$150 at 16%)

Comments (4)

  1 kennyk
I thought this would be a Yes/No question!
posted 43 weeks ago
http://libn.com/blog/2009/01/22/paterson-set-to-make-pick-finally/

says kirsten gillibrand is most likely
posted 43 weeks ago
hey kennyk....Ask yourself the posted question and answer it with YES or NO. It would not make any sense. If another species was an option I would have changed the words.
posted 43 weeks ago
lol....a transgender...and the odds would have been?

Crap...Patterson is announcing right now, and the winner is......
some chick.
posted 43 weeks ago

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