John Liu for Senator?

John Liu

(Picture from the NY Daily News)

A reader agreed with my position on political dynasties and Caroline Kennedy, and he proposed NYC Councilman John Liu as a better Senatorial candidate.  He wrote this piece here.

I think John Liu would be a highly capable Senator.  He doesn’t have the Kennedy name, but that’s the point exactly–we should be electing people based on merit not lineage.  Liu has held elective office, has represented his citizens well, and exemplifies the immigrant story.  He has shown a fearlessness in representing minority interests, using his platform to speak on all kinds of issues that the mainstream usually ignores.  Isn’t this the kind of change we need?

I agree with the sentiments of the article.  If the people of New York want Liu as their senator, however, they’re going to have to move fast and speak loudly so that Governor Patterson knows that there are people standing behind him.

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