My states junior US Senator never really had a chance….
She never got above the single digits and didn’t;t qualify for the debate on Sept. 12….
She has her job until at least 2024….
It is reported that she would be open to a Vice President or Democratic admin job if offered…
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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An original upstate New York Blue dog Democrat, appointed to finish up Hillary Clinton’s US Senate seat when Clinton was appointed Sec of State….She never has been able to catch on with progressives in her party and has made bad political decisions …She was the ONLY senator to vote against Mattis for Defense Sec….She spearheaded the effort to have Wisconsin US Sen. Franken resign over a disputed sexual misconduct case, while Republicans dug in and kept their jobs for conduct much worst than Farken…)
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said it would be “tough to conceive” continuing his presidential campaign if he doesn’t qualify for the Democratic debate in October, the New York Times reports….
NY Times…
As I’ve written before, many Mayors of New York have sought a major-party presidential or vice-presidential nomination, but so far none has won such a nomination, let alone a general election.
The most recent aspirants I can think of are (besides Bill de Blasio) Mike Bloomberg, Rudy Giuliani and John Lindsay.
The second-toughest job and the toughest are just too different, requiring different skills, policies and appeals. However, four governors of New York have become president (Van Buren, Cleveland & both Roosevelts), while several others (e.g. Horatio Seymour, Samuel Tilden, Charles E. Hughes, Al Smith, Tom Dewey) have been nominated.