Giffords will soon face decision about future

[dipsydoodle]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The signals are strong. One year after being shot in the head, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is on a mission to return to the job she so clearly loved.

Her husband and people near the three-term congresswoman say she is highly motivated to recover from her injuries and get back to work in Washington, potentially using her inspirational story as a way to mend political differences in the nation's capital. She faces a May deadline to get on the November ballot, meaning she has a few months to decide her next step.

Her future will depend on a recovery that has progressed in remarkable fashion over the past year as she is now able to walk and talk. Her only interview occurred with ABC's Dianne Sawyer nearly 10 months after the shooting and showed how far she has come, but also how far she has to go. At the time, she did not speak in complete sentences and repeated her words to make her point.

"No, better. Um, better, better," she said when asked about returning to Washington.

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[WingDinger]

1. Draft her unemployed husband. ANDDDD include her.

That way, she can still input. Evil does not win. He seems like a patriotic type.

[Burge]

2. I would hardly refer to Mark Kelly as unemployed, he's retired after a career in public service.

And further more I would think that he should rather spend full time assisting in Gabby's recovery. She has a long way to go and needs all the help and support he can provide.

Besides, I'm not sure if Kelly is as much of a Blue Dog Democrat as Gabby is, their political views may be different.