McCall On Endorsing Gillibrand
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Former state Comptroller Carl McCall said he endorsed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand today because “I’ve known her for a long time and I’ve admired her for a long time.”
With her potential Democratic primary foes dropping off, McCall said in an interview that his endorsement today comes because “She has some momentum now. This was just a good time. She’s trying to reach out to a lot of people to get on board now.”
He downplayed criticism that Gillibrand, the former Albany-area congresswoman, has flip-flopped on issues, in particular gun rights and same-sex marriage.
“When you move to statewide office, you have to look at things a little differently,” McCall said. “You’re representing a different kind of constituency. I don’t think it’s a flip flop. I think you evolve and have different interests you have to serve.”
Though about 10 of her New York congressional colleagues have yet to endorse her, she’s been touting recent endorsements from elected leaders and groups.
Today, other Democrats who endorsed her include: Brooklyn Assemblymen Darryl Towns and Karim Camara; Assemblywoman Deborah Glick of Manhattan, Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson of Mount Vernon, Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples of Buffalo, Assemblyman Mark Schroeder of Erie County and Assemblyman Richard Brodsky of Greenburgh, Westchester County.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
Gillibrand is picking up steam, and in the end, it not going to have to face a primary.
What you have in Gillibrand and Paterson are two politicians that don’t play politics like everyone else…and so they ruffle some feathers.
Both are headed for unity next year, because I predict a year of accomplishment, making other candidacies seem like selfish grabs at power and headlines…which is, exactly what they are shaping up to be in both “races.”