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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says Harold Ford’s political commentary on MSNBC last March, where he talked about bringing more transparency to Wall Street bonuses, is a political contradiction.

Now that he’s considering a run for U.S. Senate, Ford has declined to disclose his bonus while working as an executive at Merrill Lynch.

"I think it’s only fair that New Yorkers have a right to know whether he’s received a taxpayer-backed bonus," Gillibrand said.

Ford’s camp has said only that his compensation was set by a contract that states a specific amount.

On Tuesday, he defended Wall Street, saying through a spokeswoman, "These baseless attacks only serve as a distraction from questions about why the un-elected Senator and former tobacco lawyer has failed to protect the largest revenue and job source in the state."

Ford Junior hasn’t actually yet said whether or not he’s running. He says he will make a decision sometime in the next few weeks. In the meantime, his listening tour brought him to Port Chester in Westchester County Tuesday.

Ford Junior sounded like a candidate talking to voters at a nursing home and a deli, but with Gillibrand having locked up the support of most of the state’s Democratic county leaders, Ford may have to convince them to reconsider to have any hope of getting on the ballot.

"For those who’ve already made a decision, I understand that. There was only one candidate in the race. I respect that. But if others enter the race, I think it’s only fair that we have an opportunity," Ford Jr. said.

Without support from party leaders, Ford Junior could still get on the ballot, but only by collecting at least 15,000 signatures.

Making it more complicated is the requirement that those signatures come from over half of the state's congressional districts.