and good luck influencing those New York bloggers--not your laid-back Calitics crowd, I hear...

My sister moved to DC during the 1990s after nine years in LA, and it turned out great for her.

Born in NYC actually and lived there for 3 years in the 90s but my Mom is currently in CT, so I'll be landing there to start out.

Thanks!

I used to think mother's day was a capitalistic plot to separate me from my money, but, with an only son who's an adult  I now have a different point of view about mother's day.  Maybe if I had a daughter I'd still think it was a capitalistic plot?  

would definitely need your help. I enjoyed your frontpage blogs over the last couple of years. I'll definitely miss your incisive diaries but hopefully you'll come back here once in a while to give us an update of your whereabouts.

I live 100 minutes north of the City in a neighboring State and do have a pad in the city. If you need any help, don't hesitate to ask.

Congrats Todd.  I'll miss you, you are one of my favorites.  I'd vote for her, but since I live in Illinois, there is a certain illegality about it.  

Congratulations, Todd!

Although I never got to personally meet you here in LA, I wish the best, and I grant you success in the May 19 special here in El Sereno (CA CD-32).

But--isn't Gillibrand rather conservative for you? I mean, she might even be against gay marriage!

Congratulations and good luck.

Good luck on your new gig.  Kirsten has to get out
of Paterson's shadow very soon now--maybe by distancing herself from Paterson's budget and other things--the polling of late has her going in the wrong direction.  Also she needs to convince NYC voters as well as the blogosphere--this will be a tall order.

As for CA-32, I drove through a bit of the district on the way home from my Mother's day visit, only seeing Cedillo signs.  And does the GOP have a chance of stealing this seat with the other Chu?

Best of luck, Todd.

Hey Todd, welcome back home!

Good luck Todd.  Kirstin's great and she's got a good guy in her corner.  I hope you guys kick @ss in 2010.

melancholy news for us - best of luck.

obviously you'll do an awesome job - but don't forget to keep us posted.

Maybe we'll run into each other. I'm a blogger and I spend my days running around covering the NYC Democratic machine.

Rep. Steve Israel of Long Island is likely going to challenge Gillibrand in the primary, which makes little sense to me as Israel was a Blue Dog and has a voting record probably more conservative than Gillibrand. Although, neither are all that conservative. Israel is an excellent environmentalist.

I talked to a source in the city who believes Israel has no real intention of winning, unless Gillibrand falters, but is trying to keep a city Democrat (like Maloney or Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer) from standing a chance...but some of these people, as you'll find out, are conspiracy theorists.

Israel, I think, is retiring his seat in favor of Suffolk County Legislature Majority Leader Jon Cooper, who was an early Obama supporter and just married his longtime partner in Connecticut.

Late to the thread, but congrats! Welcome to the world of proud sellouts! I think this means you get to join the Netroots Nation trivia team!