Kirsten Gillibrands Moment Has Arrived

[Hortensis]

89. How about: moderate conservative, progressive-lite, opportunist?

First off, she really seems wired basically conservative, moderate, but definitely not wired liberal.

In a very flattering interview, she said she came to realize the need for government to address some problems AFTER she was appointed to Hillary's seat in her mid-40s and only after being personally faced with specific situations where constituents expected progressive solutions. A shallow awareness of utility only.

Not exactly Jefferson's rousing declaration of the rights of people to progressive government that serves them or Lincoln's when he spoke of government of, by and for the people.

And certainly not even my own orientation to the left when I was far too young to know what progressive government was because understanding and appreciation for its great virtues came with my genetic wiring.