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Marc Cenedella, the CEO of TheLadders.com who faced growing criticisms over blog posts on his website, announced this evening that he would not be challenging Senator Kirsten Gillibrand after all.

“I will not be running for the United States Senate in 2012. I have given a run careful consideration, and I believe Senator Gillibrand is beatable,” he said in a statement. “Her early and unfounded attacks on me, her weak poll numbers, and her lethargic quarterly fundraising results all point to a politician in trouble — and encourage me to challenge her.” Read More

The Mark Cenedella blogging controversy is entering its day of life today with state Democratic Party chair Jay Jacobs issuing a statement comparing the CEO of TheLadders.com and the likely challenger to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand with another recent statewide Republican nominee.

“Marc Cenedella has taken a page out of the Carl Paladino playbook, ” Mr. Jacobs says. “This kind of behavior wasn’t acceptable for New York last year, and it’s not acceptable now. After 24 hours of excuses that were more confusing than a Hitchcock movie, he finally took responsibility for publishing this filth while trying to hide behind the ‘someone else wrote them’ defense.” Read More

Earlier today Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand lashed out at Marc Cenedella, CEO of The Ladders.com over a story in the New York Times this morning that said that the likely GOP Senate nominee kept a personal blog on the company’s website in which he wrote frequently about women, drugs and sex.

“I think it fundamentally shows a lack of judgment,” Ms. Gillibrand told reporters after a panel discussion on cyber-crime at NYU today. “And I have concerns because I feel like the nature of the rhetoric is very anti-women and very disrespectful and disregards women. And I think it’s a matter of judgment that, and a level of inappropriateness, that’s not appropriate for anyone seeking any office.” Read More