Kirsten Powers
| 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, Fox News Sunday, Special Report with Bret Baier and Freedom Watch. She is a regular guest host on the morning Fox News Radio show Kilmeade & Friends and a columnist for the New York Post and the Daily Beast. 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 supported the Obama health care reform, and believes it is a moral imperative to supply health care to all Americans.[3]
Powers supports comprehensive immigration reform and providing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants,[4] favors gun control,[5] and supports equal rights for gay people in the form of universal civil unions, leaving marriage strictly as a religious institution.[6]
She opposes "don't ask, don't tell."[7] and supports closing Guantanamo Bay and putting prisoners in federal prisons.[8]
She opposes the Iraq war,[9] as well as the Fairness Doctrine,[10] and a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning.[11]
She also opposes the death penalty.[12]
She supports the right of countries to choose their own governments free of outside influence but is against the establishment of theocracies.[13] Powers has a particular concern over the influence of Islamists in Egypt due to her husband being of Coptic Egyptian origin.[14]
[edit] Education
Powers graduated from the University of Maryland and attended Georgetown University Law School for a year and a half.
[edit] Personal life
Powers was raised Episcopalian but later spent much of her adult life as an atheist, only to come to "view everyone as God's child and that means everyone deserves grace and respect."[15] Recently Powers married Dr. Marty Makary, Professor of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.
Powers briefly dated former Congressman Anthony Weiner in 2002, and remained his close friend after their romantic relationship ended. After initially defending him when the story of Weiner's sexting scandal first broke in May 2011, Powers later condemned his conduct and called for his resignation from Congress.[16]
[edit] References
- ^ Kirsten Powers / Powers-Point
- ^ View Author | The American Prospect
- ^ Powers, Kirsten (2009-12-14). "Why cost shouldn't stop health-care reform". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/why_cost_shouldn_stop_reform_JX4ASMQs5aCn3QDGXVGPxN.
- ^ . http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/08/post-16.html#more.[dead link]
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- ^ Powers, Kirsten (2008-07-08). "The Gop Gay-Marriage Con". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/07082008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_gop_gay_marriage_con_118892.htm.
- ^ Powers, Kirsten (2009-06-11). "A PREJUDICE AMERICA CAN'T AFFORD". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/item_01nPLMz1vnzbI6WGe56GxL.
- ^ Powers, Kirsten (2009-05-21). "Dems Go All Nimby On Gitmo". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/item_6qMVxvE7O7eytHsMGJWCMK.
- ^ Powers, Kirsten (2003-12-01). "Keep talking, Democrats". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-12-01-oppose_x.htm.
- ^ Powers, Kirsten (2007-07-02). "Muzzle Mania". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/07022007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/muzzle_mania_opedcolumnists_kirsten_powers.htm?page=0.
- ^ http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?articleId=11682
- ^ Article | The American Prospect
- ^ The Daily Beast" "America's Naivete About Egypt"
- ^ The Daily Beast; "America's Naivete About Egypt"
- ^ http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/08/16/q-and-a-with-kirsten-powers-of-fox-news/
- ^ Powers, Kirsten (June 8, 2011). "Anthony Weiner's Ex: He Lied to Me". The Daily Beast. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/08/anthony-weiners-ex-kirsten-powers-he-lied-to-me.html. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
[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]
- 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
