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In reply to the discussion: Kirsten Gillibrand for president [View all]DFW
(54,805 posts)I was a big supporter of hers, and I was invited to her swearing in party at the Senate in January 2013. She told me that after Hawai'i, the second biggest contingent of contributors to her campaign was from Texas (!!!).
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I, too was immensely disappointed in her jumping on the resignation bandwagon. I hope it was due to her illness, because I certainly thought she was smart enough to see through the ruse--but then, I thought that of every Democratic Senator that didn't.
I don't think Al is interested in serving with that group again. He remains a dedicated Democrat, but I don't think he wants to work with them any more after what they did. what's to stop them from doing it again?
MAYBE governor of Minnesota some day, but he was really most effective right where he was--in the U.S. Senate. I don't even think he harbored any presidential ambitions, despite all the buzz to the contrary. Notice that buzz didn't come from him. I think he would have been happy to have had three successful terms in the Senate, having been proud of what he had done there. For that matter, I think he should be proud of what he did there. We had no more eloquent voice, and certainly not among those who left him out to dry.