Gawker has a story up detailing the potential "interest" of Mort Zuckerman, billionaire publisher of the NY Daily News in challenging Senator Kirsten Gillibrand From the NY Times:
Mr. Zuckerman regards Ms. Gillibrand as vulnerable to a challenge and is hoping that, at a time of economic tumult and political unrest, his background as an outsider to government, and his record as a business executive, will appeal to the state's electorate, these people said.
Of course, not for him to go through the messy primary process. If he runs, he'll run as a Republican. |
Gawker gets sarcastic about it:
2010 will be a wonderful year for wealthy, entitled members of the establishment who've been coddled and flattered their entire adult lives to pretend to be independent-minded "outsiders" challenging the system with their crazy traditional Republican policy ideas. Mort Zuckerman for Senate! He'll return America to Fiscal Responsibility with a Ranked List of Colleges!
Yes, we can now look forward to yet another insulated member of Manhattan's "elite" trying to run on how he can help a state he hasn't really paid attention to outside of the island.
In other news, it appears that our good friend Harold Ford will not have to put up with the icky slush that comes as March starts to thaw things out. He's going to Bermuda!
On March 4, Ford is slated to be the keynote speaker at the Bermuda International Business Association's annual meeting, to be held at the luxury Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel (pictured below). He'll talk, according to a BIBA press release, about "the challenges and opportunities that face America and how Bermuda can play a vital role in the U.S. and global economy.
The vital role is - tax haven. Which, from previous stories, we know this is an area he's an expert in. I fully expect him to share with his audience the techniques of establishing a non-residence residency to avoid paying reduce their tax burden.
There must be something in the water. |
