Gillibrand drops out

[StarfishSaver]

Kirsten Gillibrand Drops Out of Democratic Presidential Race

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who presented herself in the presidential race as a champion of women and families, said Wednesday that she was withdrawing from the Democratic primary after failing to qualify for a third debate next month — a development she described as fatal to her candidacy.

Ms. Gillibrand said in an interview that she would endorse another candidate in the primary but had not yet picked a favorite. Though she stopped short of saying she would endorse a woman, Ms. Gillibrand, who has made electing women to Congress a personal cause, said the next president had to be capable of uniting the country and suggested that a woman might be best suited for the job.

“I think that women have a unique ability to bring people together and heal this country,” Ms. Gillibrand said, adding, “I think a woman nominee would be inspiring and exciting.”

But she added: “I will support whoever the nominee is, and I will do whatever it takes to beat Trump.”

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Good.

[dem4decades]

2. Can we have Al back now?

[onetexan]

9. +1 -K&R

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

25. Yes indeed

[soldierant]

29. I trust you (and other who miss him) are listening to his podcasts?

[dem4decades]

35. Didn't know about it. Thank You. I will absolutely listen.

[soldierant]

50. You're very welcome.

It can be annoying to the point of wanting to defenestrate the computer to be on a lot of mailing lists, but it can also pay off.

[ReformedGOPer]

41. +1

[W_HAMILTON]

3. Her campaign was literally just pushing to make 130k donors by tonight...?

[Eric J in MN]

19. Gillibrand had 1 poll to qualify and they need four. NT

NT

[W_HAMILTON]

21. I know.

But why was her campaign pushing so hard for 130k unique donors as recently as ***just a few hours ago*** if she was planning to drop out today? I know that she can use the funds for other purposes, but it seems duplicitous to push for donors just to shut down your campaign a couple of hours later.

[Hortensis]

24. Yes, it does. But maybe she told them up front that

the money would be used for paying debts or tucked away for the future.

She'll be up for election for her senate seat again in 2024. So, presumably without a need to style her legislative record for either reelection or a run for president, the next years will hopefuly allow voters to become confident that she is ideologically and ethically what they want her to be.

[customerserviceguy]

43. She'll need it for the primary. n/t

[Trenzalore]

42. She was offering T-shirts for a buck on Facebook for a donation last week

She was pushing hard for the 130K threshold.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Support Democrats

a lesson that will never be forgotten

[calguy]

5. I give her credit

For seeing the writing on the wall and stepping aside.

[MoonRiver]

7. That's the only thing I give her credit for.

[Va Lefty]

10. I hate what she did to Al, but she said she would support the nominee

and do whatever to defeat tRump. Kudos for that.

[MoonRiver]

12. Agreed. n/t

[customerserviceguy]

44. Who would say any different? n/t

[rpannier]

14. Interesting that you appear to criticize Sen Gillibrand for Franken stepping down yet

Sexual harassment and misconduct should not be allowed by anyone and should not occur anywhere. I believe the best thing for Senator Franken to do is step down.
- Sen Harris. CA

Also on that list are Senators
Schumer
Warren
Booker
Casey
Brown
Markey
Hirono
Bennet
Cantwell
Durbin
Leahy
Heinrich
Feinstein
Merkley
Wyden
Carper
Duckworth
Udall
Peters
Murphy
Tester
Reed

among others

[MoonRiver]

23. Gillibrand was the ring leader. She did it for her own political aspirations, imo.

I'm glad that backfired on her.

[rpannier]

31. So, the rest were doing what then?

Political opportunism?
Piling on?

[Trenzalore]

45. The others sought out less cameras

Rightfully or wrongfully she is tarred with the Frankin circus.

She was the most public about it. She was also a personal friend who played squash with him once a week who wouldn't take his call.

[Hortensis]

27. I had ethical and ideological questions about other issues, rpannier,

that didn't allow me to trust her. She'll be NY's concern again now.

As I said above, her behavior over the next 5 years will hopefully reassure voters that her move to the left is real, not just opportunistic. And that things like her bill that called for imprisoning people for up to 20 years for refusing to trade with Israel for political reasons were just horrible misunderstandings. By then hopefully she'll have demonstrated unswerving commitment to the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, and the enlightened liberal principles they embody.

[calguy]

18. I agree 100%

I was trying to think of something else I could give her credit for, but nothing came to mind.

[Celerity]

6. good move, now she can go back to being a great NY Senator

only one in the entire Senate to vote against every single one of Rumps cabinet nominees

and the 2 lowest Trump Score in the entire Senate

[Raine1967]

36. +1

I totally agree. She is a good rep for NYS and I credit her for voting against ALL nominees of the orange sh*tgibbon.

[Kurt V.]

40. agree. great senator and great advocate for women's issues.

[nolabear]

8. Good. nt.

[honest.abe]

11. At one time I thought she might be our strongest candidate.

The Franken issue really hurt her.

[rpannier]

16. Curious... how is it she is the fallperson for this whole thing

There are at least 4 other U.S. Senators that called for Franken to step down that are also running for the nomination and no one ever seems to mention that
Sens Harris (your 1st choice), Warren (my first choice) Booker, Sanders

[honest.abe]

20. I know.. not sure I get that either.

There were a bunch calling for him to resign.

[rpannier]

32. Thank you so much

[The Mouth]

30. I forgive none of those

The fact that I'll vote blue, no matter who, merely means I think that any of those four are "better than Trump", a pretty low standard. That's why those four are my BOTTOM four. "Not a sociopathic kleptocrat treasonweasle" , but not forgiven nor to be trusted.

[Kurt V.]

34. +1 and schummer

[wellst0nev0ter]

48. None of them did it while in front of Franken's staffers

and while introducing a bill Franken gave her to sponsor.

[suegeo]

38. K.G. Flubbed the Franken matter.

She didn't speak to even one accuser. If you don't speak and listen to the women, you can't claim they are credible. Yet Gillibrand did exactly that. Whoops!

She could've led the charge in exposing Roger Stone as a rat 🐀effer. Given the ongoing Russian interference in our Democracy, would an investigation have shown that the GOPEE was conspiring with the Russians to oust an outstanding senator? Minnesotans were robbed of finding out.

She could've saved her colleague, leveraging Her credibilty on matters of sexual assault.She could have educated people about the differences between assault and harassment. How and why the punishment for these offenses should be proportional to the offence.

Plus there is the fact Franken was/is innocent. She should give her remaining funds to the DFL in Minnesota or to Tina Smith.

[barbtries]

13. she killed her candidacy

long before it began. at any rate I'm glad she's leaving gracefully.

[W_HAMILTON]

15. I think an argument could be made that her campaign was the worst performing, relatively speaking.

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And I'm sure that her spearheading the Franken debacle played a major role in that.

After the "disruptor" candidate(s), Gillibrand was next on my list of candidates that I least wanted to see win the nomination.

[Politicub]

17. I appreciated hearing her perspective. Unfortunately the

uphill climb was too steep for her to continue.

[Ellipsis]

22. Good. n/t

[JanetLovesObama]

26. Good Riddance !!!

[trof]

28. Best thing she's done since shameful railroading of Franken.

[Kurt V.]

33. There's another thread on this. so again: meanwhile mediocre dudes are still in.

she has my utmost respect.

[dem4decades]

46. Couldn't the argument be made that compared to Warren and Harris she was "mediocre"? Or can only

"dudes" be mediocre?

[patphil]

37. She's from my state, but...

I am not all that happy with her performance.
There is the Al Franken thing, which was obviously manipulated to get him out. I don't know exactly why, but the Democrats wanted him gone, and so he was hung out to dry.
Too bad, he was a really good Senator.
And so, I am happy to see she is out of the race.
Also, she has exactly zero chance to be vice-president.
She needs to work on her current job, and her ethics.

Patrick Phillips

[Pathwalker]

39. Plop plop, fizz fizz - oh what a relief it is.

bye.

[wellst0nev0ter]

47. ...

[Blue_true]

49. She made the right choice. She can do a lot in a democratic Senate. nt

[Capt. America]

51. Bye Felicia

[Ba2020]

52. Textbook politician

Probably the most embarrassing campaign. She is a politician by the book. The fact she can't get above 1% maybe 2 on a good day just speaks volumes.After all she is a senator from NY. All the other dark horses somehow are outlasting her. She was one of the big names.