Kirsten Powers
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| Kirsten Powers | |
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| Occupation | Columnist, blogger, pundit. |
Kirsten A. Powers (born 1969) is an American columnist, blogger, pundit, and political commentator. Powers is a Democratic[1] political analyst on Fox News who appears regularly on shows such as The O'Reilly Factor. She is a regular guest host on the morning Fox News Radio show Brian and the Judge and a columnist for the New York Post. She is a regular guest host on Hannity and was rumored to be one of the top contenders to replace Alan Colmes when he left the Hannity & Colmes show in December, 2008.
Powers formerly wrote a column for American Prospect Online.[2] Her articles have also appeared in USA Today, Elle, the New York Observer, Salon, and the Wall Street Journal.
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[edit] Career
Originally from Fairbanks, Alaska, Powers served in the Clinton administration as the Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Public Affairs and was the Vice President for International Communications at America Online. Later she was a Vice President at the AOL-Time Warner Foundation.
Powers has worked for the New York State Democratic Committee, was the press secretary for Andrew Cuomo for Governor and Communications Director on the mayoral campaign of C. Virginia Fields. She also worked on the "Vote No on 3" campaign which overwhelmingly defeated Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ballot initiative to eliminate party primaries. Powers was also the press secretary for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair race of Donnie Fowler. She has consulted for a variety of non-profit organizations including Human Rights First and the National Council for Research on Women (NCRW).
[edit] Political positions
Powers supports comprehensive immigration reform and providing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants,[3] favors gun control,[4] and supports equal rights for gay people in the form of universal civil unions, leaving marriage strictly as a religious institution.[5]
She opposes the Iraq war,[6] as well as the Fairness Doctrine,[7] and a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning.[8]
She supports a strong separation of church and state.[9]
She also opposes the death penalty,[10] partial birth abortion,[11][dead link] and taxpayer-funded human embryo experimentation.[12]
[edit] Education
Powers graduated from the University of Maryland and attended Georgetown University Law School for a year and half.
[edit] References
- ^ Kirsten Powers / Powers-Point
- ^ View Author | The American Prospect
- ^ http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/08/post-16.html#more
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.nypost.com/seven/07082008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_gop_gay_marriage_con_118892.htm
- ^ http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-12-01-oppose_x.htm
- ^ Muzzle Mania
- ^ http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?articleId=11682
- ^ http://www.nypost.com/seven/01142009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/prayer_peril_150027.htm
- ^ Article | The American Prospect
- ^ http://texasholdemblogger.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/powers-on-partial-birth-abortion/
- ^ Web Archive: Powers-Point "The Truth about Embryonic Stem Cell Research"
[edit] External links
[edit] Articles
- MIDDLE CLASSIC: SCHUMER'S VICTORY PLAN - New York Post
- Justice Shall Be Executed - American Prospect online
- Feminist Mystique - American Prospect online
- God's Army - American Prospect online
- Burn, Baby, Burn - American Prospect online
- The Costs of Crying Wolf - American Prospect online
- Who Should Apologize? - American Prospect online
- Keep Talking Democrats - USA Today
- Election signals decline of old school liberalism - USA Today[2]
- HO', HO', HO': DOLLS TO MAKE YOU CRY - New York Post
- A Nobel for Rudy? It Would Be a Crime! - New York Observer
- GETTING RELIGION: Can the Democrats Make Common Cause With Evangelical Voters? - Washington Spectator
