Putting aside the silliness of calling Craig a "Conservative", don't we think she is likely to be more like Kristen Gillibrand? Holding positions more aligned with her district and then moving to the left (where she probably really is) after winning statewide? For the record, I have no real preference between her and Flanagan. I think th…
Putting aside the silliness of calling Craig a "Conservative", don't we think she is likely to be more like Kristen Gillibrand? Holding positions more aligned with her district and then moving to the left (where she probably really is) after winning statewide? For the record, I have no real preference between her and Flanagan. I think they'd both be overwhelming GE favorites and would be perfectly fine senators.
I would think so. The votes referenced above all were going to pass, anyway. It’s not like she stands in the way of progress - she’s just voting like a moderate when it’s convenient for her winning reelection.
Even though the move statewide is actually a redder constituency, the Democrats she’s aiming to win over are heavily based in Minneapolis/St. Paul. If she wants to win and stay a winner, she now has to convince us and keep it that way.
Putting aside the silliness of calling Craig a "Conservative", don't we think she is likely to be more like Kristen Gillibrand? Holding positions more aligned with her district and then moving to the left (where she probably really is) after winning statewide? For the record, I have no real preference between her and Flanagan. I think they'd both be overwhelming GE favorites and would be perfectly fine senators.
I would think so. The votes referenced above all were going to pass, anyway. It’s not like she stands in the way of progress - she’s just voting like a moderate when it’s convenient for her winning reelection.
Even though the move statewide is actually a redder constituency, the Democrats she’s aiming to win over are heavily based in Minneapolis/St. Paul. If she wants to win and stay a winner, she now has to convince us and keep it that way.