Kirsten Powers

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Kirsten A. Powers is an American columnist, blogger, pundit, and political commentator. Powers is a political analyst on Fox News who appears regularly on shows such as "The O'Reilly Factor" and "Hannity & Colmes". She is a registered Democrat [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20061118134258/http://www.powers-point.com/2006/10/truth-about-embryonic-stem-cell.html Kirsten Powers / Powers-Point ] ] . 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 & Colmes". She used to write for "American Prospect" Online. [ [http://www.prospect.org/cs/author?id=1212 View Author | The American Prospect ] ]

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).

Powers' articles have appeared in "USA Today", "Elle", the "New York Observer", the "New York Post", the "Wall Street Journal" and "American Prospect" online.

Political positions

Powers supports comprehensive immigration reform and providing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants [http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/08/post-16.html#more] . She supports
gun control [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20061118140750/http://www.powers-point.com/2006/02/more-gun-related-news.html |Web Archive: Powers-Point "More Gun Related News"] ] .

She opposes the Iraq war [http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-12-01-oppose_x.htm] , a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning [http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?articleId=11682] and the Fairness Doctrine [ [http://www.nypost.com/seven/07022007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/muzzle_mania_opedcolumnists_kirsten_powers.htm?page=0 Muzzle Mania ] ] .

She opposes the death penalty [ [http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=9395 Article | The American Prospect ] ] ,
partial birth abortion, [http://texasholdemblogger.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/powers-on-partial-birth-abortion/] and embryonic stem cell research [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20061118134258/http://www.powers-point.com/2006/10/truth-about-embryonic-stem-cell.html |Web Archive: Powers-Point "The Truth about Embryonic Stem Cell Research"] ] .

Education

Powers graduated from the University of Maryland and attended Georgetown University Law School for a year and half.

= References =

External links

* [http://www.kirsten-powers.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/powers.htm "New York Post" Column]
* [http://www.prospect.org/cs/author?id=1212 "Amerian Prospect" Columns"]

Articles

* [http://www.nypost.com/seven/02112007/postopinion/postopbooks/middle_classic_postopbooks_kirsten_powers.htm MIDDLE CLASSIC: SCHUMER'S VICTORY PLAN] - "New York Post"
* [http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=9395 Justice Shall Be Executed] - "American Prospect" online
* [http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=11461 Feminist Mystique] - "American Prospect" online
* [http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=11628 God's Army] - "American Prospect" online
* [http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=11682 Burn, Baby, Burn] - "American Prospect" online
* [http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=11998 The Costs of Crying Wolf] - "American Prospect" online
* [http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=12058 Who Should Apologize?] - "American Prospect" online
* [http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-12-01-oppose_x.htm Keep Talking Democrats] - "USA Today"
* [http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2006/11/post_42.html Election signals decline of old school liberalism] - "USA Today" [http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2006/11/post_42.html]
* [http://www.nypost.com/seven/12142006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/ho__ho__ho__dolls_to_make_you_cry_opedcolumnists_kirsten_powers.htm HO', HO', HO': DOLLS TO MAKE YOU CRY] - "New York Post"
* [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NYOB&p_theme=nyob&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_field_label-0=Author&p_text_label-0=kirsten%20a.%20powers&p_field_label-1=title&p_bool_label-1=AND&p_field_label-2=Section&p_bool_label-2=AND&s_dispstring=author(kirsten%20a.%20powers)%20AND%20date(all)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no A Nobel for Rudy? It Would Be a Crime!] - "New York Observer"
* [http://www.washingtonspectator.com/articles/20060615gettingreligion_1.cfm GETTING RELIGION: Can the Democrats Make Common Cause With Evangelical Voters?] - "Washington Spectator"