NBC News: Gillibrand now the frontrunner

NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell is now describing Kirsten Gillibrand as the front-runner to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton.

This from Politico.com

Mitchell reported that Paterson had a conversation with Gillibrand Wednesday morning, and that the New York governor has her on his short list of contenders for the seat.

Gillibrand, a second-term congresswoman from upstate New York, has a resume that would please the Clintons. She served as a special counsel for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (under Andrew Cuomo!) in former President Clinton’s administration, and helped raise money for Hillary Clinton’s Senate campaigns in New York.

One of Gillibrand’s top political advisers in her first election was former Clinton strategist Howard Wolfson.

Politico calls Gillibrand “a savvy political choice.”