DCCC Mulls Kathleen Rice V. Peter King (NY-2)

[brooklynite]

NY Daily News:

It's no longer redistricting conjecture: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee boss Steve Israel today chatted up Kathleen Rice, the Nassau County DA who lost a brutal 2010 primary for state AG, to gauge her interest in challenging Rep. Peter King.

"Israel personally approached Rice on on the idea and she said she would think about it," a Democratic source told me. A second source confirmed the party's interest in having Rice possibly go up against King.

Rice spox Eric Phillips woudn't comment on any private discussions, but said Rice and King "are very close allies and they speak regularly. District Attorney Rice is not only a progressive but someone with a deep and broadening network of supporters and a proven ability to get votes from across the political aisle. It wouldn't be surprising that people are interested in her serving on a larger level."

King, chairman of the powerful House Committee On Homeland Security, tells me he's unfazed by the prospect of running against Rice -- or anyone -- even in a redrawn NY-2.

Between a solid challenger and new, non-partisan district lines, this might become competitive.

[Arkana]

1. If we could beat that racist sonuvabitch that would be something.

Isn't King that puke who tried to start up HUAC again?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

2. He's a fucking bigot, and yes, he wanted to reinstate something similar to HUAC

I hope she demolishes his racist, hateful ass.

[Renew Deal]

3. Kathleen Rice is a DINO

I'm not sure if she could pull it off. It depends on how the district is made up.

[brooklynite]

5. Kathleen Rice is a mainstream Democrat.

If you have an issue with her tenure as District Attorney, please raise it. And if you insist on a progressive, please explain how he/she will get elected in a suburban center-right district.

[Renew Deal]

6. She is a DINO

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Ms. Rice, 45, registered as a Republican in 1984 before enrolling as a Democrat in 2005 to run for district attorney. Yet she did not vote in a single election for 18 years, her campaign conceded on Saturday. It was a lapse she described as a youthful failing and one she regretted.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/nyregion/25rice.html

[TheWraith]

4. Ugh, not Rice again.

She's a pure opportunist, the classic example of a DA whose only goal is to use her office as a steppingstone to higher office.