The last 48 hours were fascinating for someone like myself, fascinated by the stark divide between America’s urban and rural cultures. <\/p>\n
Kirsten Gillibrand, who will become our next Senator from New York on Sunday, is deeply connected to cosmopolitan New York City.<\/p>\n
She was a securities lawyer; special counsel to Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development; and her husband comes from England.<\/p>\n
But Gillibrand also has Upstate roots: she’s loyal to some of the cultural traditions of New York’s small-town world. Hunting is only one marker of her “bi-cultural” background.<\/p>\n
Within the Five Boroughs, the reaction to her red-state tendencies has been fierce. Before she had been officially named, Gillibrand had liberal opponents lining up to dethrone her. <\/p>\n
I’ll admit it: I was taken aback. I thought the obvious backing of New York’s Democratic elite — Schumer, Paterson, Clinton, Lowey, etc. — would be enough to establish her progressive credentials.<\/p>\n
Not so. The liberal blogs have issued a collective shriek of rage. <\/p>\n
The punch line is that the next eighteen months will be fascinating. Upstate New York has a real voice in Washington DC. Will it be silenced in the next election?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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