Kirsten Powers

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Kirsten Powers
Born: 1969
Occupation: columnist, blogger, pundit
Website: http://www.powers-point.com

Kirsten A. Powers (born c. 1969) is an American columnist, blogger and political commentator. A Democrat, 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 regular guest host on the morning Fox News Radio show Brian and the Judge. [1]

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Career

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 nonprofit organizations including Human Rights First and the National Council for Research on Women (NCRW).

Originally from Alaska and currently based in New York City, Powers is a contributor for Change the Party, a group created to give "a forum for new voices on the progressive side of American politics and in the Democratic Party." Since 2004 Powers has been a commentator on political issues from a Democratic perspective for Fox News, and has filled in for Alan Colmes on Hannity & Colmes. Powers had a memorable appearance as Colmes' replacement on the August 24, 2006 episode of Hannity & Colmes, when she challenged Ann Coulter's contention that the war in Afghanistan was going "swimmingly" [2].

Powers' articles have appeared in USA Today, Elle magazine, the New York Observer, Salon, the New York Post and American Prospect online.

Positions on key issues

Powers opposes the death penalty[3] and abortion[4][5].

She supports gun control [6].

She opposed the Iraq War. [7]

Criticism

Liberal blogger Amanda Marcotte criticized [8] Powers for appearing in a video blog hosted by conservative columnist and commentator Michelle Malkin[9] where she urged pro-choice groups to work with pro-life pregnancy centers, instead of trying to have them shut down. [10][11]

Media Matters, a liberal news watchdog group, disagreed with her account of a dispute former Democratic Governor Bob Casey had with the Democratic Party over abortion, which she referenced in a USA Today column.[12]. Powers responded to the criticism. [13]

Religion

Powers frequently posts about atheism and religion. She has called atheism the "New Intolerance." [14] She joked on her blog about an article about atheists fighting against religion, "Yeah, you'd never know they represent 2% of the population judging from the play their nonstop carping gets in the media."[15]

She has written an article urging the Democratic Party to find common cause with evangelical voters on issues such as global warming and economic and social justice.[16]

Articles

External links

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