Well this is interesting news from Hawaii:

[Kingofalldems]

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[Dennis Donovan]

1. 85% House votes missed and, on the most consequential vote of her career, 2 "present" votes...

I don't see her recovering her political career in the Democratic Party after that. Even if she voted "nay", it would indicate a modicum of a backbone (and maybe a bank acct full of rubles ).

[orangecrush]

10. THIS

[onetexan]

12. She should switch parties & join the Repugs

We dont want her.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Not surprised. She seems more interested in the limelight and making a name for herself...

other than being a good lawmaker. She a fake democrat, in name only, being that she was formerly a republican (from what I've heard). She proves it all of the time by badmouthing our candidates.

[calimary]

16. Hope that DOESN'T mean being a spoiler.

I do not trust her.

She’s conniving, and she’s articulate - and she’s very pretty. She photographs well. Which is a problem. It’s carried her this far, anyway.

[boomer_wv]

3. She has no career

She isn't going to be welcome in the democratic party anymore and she can't win anything in Hawaii as a republican. She has one career now and it's as a Fox News contributor. She will probably end up as a 3rd party perennial candidate and will probably pull more from Republican voters than Democratic.

We need to just start ignoring her.

[vlyons]

11. I predict that she'll get a lobbying job

for corporation involved with military contracts. I've always thought her very ambitious for herself alone. Just another selfish person.

[Hortensis]

14. Yes, possibly, for lobbying or fundraising, definitely for the other.

She does have that defense background. As a lobbyist, she'd be less in a position of power than of supplication and greasing, so less offensive to the RW guys I'm assuming she'd be working with. Also as a fundraiser, which she has experience in.

[boomer_wv]

15. I doubt it.

You can't be effective at that job when most people in congress don't like you.

[grantcart]

17. She is going to evict Jill Stein and move into 3rd party fiefdom

[lees1975]

38. I doubt it.

I'm hoping Stein and her group decides that Trump needs to hit the road and joins the Democrats this time around.

[BumRushDaShow]

42. So you think after this

that Stein would "join" with Democrats?

[thesquanderer]

4. The other candidates have missed even more votes.

This is what happens when you run for president.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/presidential-candidates

Jan 28 to Dec 24 - Gabbard missed 40% of her votes. Same as Klobuchar.

Warren missed 55%, Sanders missed 65%, Booker missed 66% Harris missed 63%.

[Firestorm49]

5. Thanks for the research.

[David__77]

7. That's great information to provide context.

...

[brush]

13. What do mean the others missed even more? She missed 85% of the votes.

[AtheistCrusader]

21. 85% this fall.

The values for the other candidates that were provided were from a larger timescale, Jan-December.

[brush]

23. Ahhh...should'nt they all be from the same time frame to compare?

[whopis01]

28. Yes and when you look at the same time period (the whole year)

She missed a lot less votes than others.

You can pick a narrow time window where she missed more. But that is essentially cherry picking for results.

It is ridiculous to accept any representative missing 40% or more of the votes in my opinion.

[brush]

31. Are you a Gabbard supporter?

[whopis01]

35. No. I had been a Harris supporter

but I changed to undecided when she dropped out. At this point I am not sure that I have a preference from one candidate to another out of the front runners. Certainly I will be happy to support whoever the nominee is.

I don't consider Gabbard a Democratic candidate. While she has the (D) next to her name, her actions seem to have no relationship to Democratic party ideals.

But that doesn't mean I am going to be hypocritical about what standards I apply to any person or candidate.

[brush]

37. IMO Gabbard is a DINO and the less attention she gets the better.

[druidity33]

25. missing votes in the...

R controlled Senate is very different from missing them in a D controlled House.



Just some more context...

[nini]

26. Are their governors asking for them to go away?

??

[FDRman]

33. On Democratic Senators missing votes.....

I would offer the opinion that any Democratic Senator missing a vote has somewhat less of an impact most of the time in Moscow Mitch's Senate, unless it's some high profile vote, and then it's more for appearances sake.

[George II]

6. That's atrocious. Legislators who don't do their jobs should resign. One of our candidates....

....has missed 100% of the Senate votes since June 28, more than 200.

[question everything]

8. To be fair. All candidates who hold office have poor attendance records

This was true for Obama, Hillary and McCain in 2008. I don't know about Sanders in 2016 or about all of them this year.

[stopdiggin]

9. and also to be fair

often times these "votes" are of little or no importance .. and their staff are making sure they're available for the ones that count. You can make a case for anyone who's actively campaigning not being on hand for day-to-day "breaking eggs, and making omelets" (i.e., legislating) .. but the old metric of "missed votes" has always been a bit of political canard.

[Joinfortmill]

18. Something's off with her

Another Jill Stein?

[Rorey]

27. Can't put a finger on it

She kinda creeps me out.

[Perseus]

19. Seems she is there to pick up a check?

And enjoy nice healthcare in the meantime plus all the perks of being in government.

[ehrnst]

20. Sensing a third party run...

[Hassler]

22. No wonder she stands by Chump. They're both lazy asses.

[whopis01]

29. Would you describe others as lazy asses for missing votes?

When you look at the entire year it doesn’t paint a good picture for several of them.

Booker - 66%
Sanders - 65%
Harris - 63%
Warren - 55%
Gabbard - 40%

There are plenty of reasons to have issues with Gabbard. But her attendance record is far from the worst among the current candidates.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/presidential-candidates

[George II]

34. Booker, Harris, and Warren have popped in for a vote here and there....

...but Sanders hasn't been seen on the floor of the Senate or voted since June 28. On Saturday that will be 6 full months.

[whopis01]

36. They have all missed over half the votes this year.

That is unacceptable in my opinion. Regardless of which candidate I support.

[Sloumeau]

24. I wouldn't care about all of the missed votes if she was just there when Democrats really needed...

her to be. However, since she couldn't be with the Democrats when it mattered most, like with the Impeachment vote, you have to wonder, was she ever really with the Democrats at all?

[MyOwnPeace]

30. I'm more concerned..........

about a candidate that is so willing to provide sound bites to Faux News - and she's damned good at that.
Almost as if she's applying for a job there!

[ismnotwasm]

32. It depends on what votes I guess

Since she’s running a campaign. If she is gone so much, she is absolutely failing at her job, yes she should resign and concentrate on her presidential bid.

[rickyhall]

39. While the rest of us who miss 5 days over 6 months get canned, go figure.

[Blue Owl]

40. Sounds like someone wasn't PRESENT

n/t

[orleans]

41. lol n/t

[TSIAS]

43. Meaningless stat

Is there any legislative outcome that was impacted by her absence? If so, I understand the outrage. A more honest headline would read, "Co-chair of Gabbard's opponent's campaign wants her to resign."

Gabbard has already stated her intentions to leave Congress. She appeared unlikely to survive a primary challenge from the Establishment Democrats. There will be an election either way in November. No need to waste money on a special election for a vote that has .001% impact on the legislative process. But Gov. Abercrombie, here is that attention you ordered.