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Related: About this forumI wish all races looked like this
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/senate/ny/new_york_senate_turner_vs_gillibrand-3161.html
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I wish all races looked like this (Original Post)
Hawaii Hiker
Jun 2012
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jpbollma
(552 posts)1. Gillibrand is fantastic
I have really liked her since she took that seat. I think she could be great in 2016 or possibly as a VP candidate.
Hawaii Hiker
(3,166 posts)2. Yeah, I'm a big fan of her to
I remember many in NY wanted a more liberal choice when Patterson made the appointment..I think many perferred Carolyn Maloney (or is it Mahoney)....But Gillibrand is definitely more left of center than most, and is one of the best we have in the senate...
jpbollma
(552 posts)3. She was on MSNBC defending food stamps
saying it is an economic tool and for every $1 in food stamps it generates $1.71 in the economy. Not many Democrats still talk in Keynesian terms like that.
nevergiveup
(4,764 posts)4. Wow!