RFK Jr’s 2nd choice? Gillibrand

North Country Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand’s name continues to bubble up in the discussion of New York’s suddenly available Senate seat.

In New York magazine, Robert F Kennedy Jr. called her his #2 choice.

“I’m urging my cousin Caroline to take it, because I think she would be fantastic,” he says. “I sent her a note; I haven’t heard back from her. She’ll be a huge force in the Senate.”

Any other ideas? “Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand,” he suggests.

What about his ex-brother-in-law, Andrew Cuomo? “I would leave those considerations to Governor Paterson,” Kennedy says.