Although she can hardly be described as an incumbent having been appointed to fill the senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton, Kirsten Gillibrand has fit the mold quite well. Running as a Blue Dog conservative Democrat to win in a hotly contested election for Congress, Gillibrand immediately transformed herself as the 60th vote needed to enact the Obama agenda on as unsuspecting nation.
Look at a list of recent flips that have occurred since joining Chuck Schumer in the Senate:
- Against gay marriage as a member of the House -- For gay marriage since the day her appointment to the Senate was announced.
- For keeping "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in place while in House -- Against as senator.
- Against gun control while in the House (100% NRA rating) -- For gun control as a senator.
- Against any form of amnesty for illegal immigrants as a member of the House -- For as a senator.
- For withholding federal funds from sanctuary cities while in House -- Against as senator.
- For making English the official language while in the House -- Against as senator.
- For empowering local police to enforce federal immigration laws while in House -- Against as senator.
- Against the McCain- and Obama-endorsed Bush $700-billion TARP bank bailout in a vote in the House, calling it "fundamentally flawed" -- For the Obama $787-billion "stimulus" bill four months later as a senator.
In spite of her best efforts to suggest otherwise Senator Gillibrand's version of transparency seems awfully opaque. Joe DioGuardi gets it and his ability to rise to the general election in spite of republican party bosses shows that the people are with him.
Americans are revolting against the Washington establishment. We saw the first uprising with the election of Chris Christie as Governor of New Jersey, and from there it seemed like a domino effect -Scott Brown's win in Massachusetts, Bob Bennett's loss in Utah, and the list goes on.
I haven't been following this race. How does it look for her nowadays?
ReplyDeleteI am really excited about this race and not just because I am living in New York. The last two polls out showed DioGuardi at minus 1 and minus 6 with Gillibrand failing to reach 50%. Also, DioGuardi was a big underdog from the beginning. The Republican party bosses passed over him at the convention for Bruce Blakeman and David Malpass. In spite of this DioGuardi got on the ballot by submitting over 25k petition signatures. He then handily defeated both party contestants in the republican primary. Keep an eye on this one.....control of the US Senate may be in play.....
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