Reply #69: I don't know

[Bryan]

She's not unqualified, but she's never held elective office, and there's a real whiff of starfucking in the air. I'm not familiar enough with NYS politics to have a preferred candidate, but I don't doubt that this has the potential to fruitlessly piss off veteran legislators who think they're due consideration for the appointment.

That said, her fame would also result in greater scrutiny, so she'd be under the gun to show that she could do the job. IIRC, there will still be an election in '10 which she may choose not to run in, and even if she did run, she might have enough fundraising juice to keep the seat away from some wealthy liberal Republican who'd give us all fits. I can't really come down on one side or the other.