In A Private Meeting, Kirsten Gillibrand Signaled She Will Run For President
Source: BuzzFeed
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Saturday signaled to a group of about 20 influential women that she will run for president, according to a person familiar with the meeting.
Gillibrand made her intentions clear, said the source, who asked not to be identified to speak about the event. Gillibrand said that she needed their help if they would offer it to her. The closed-door gathering was attended by feminist Gloria Steinem, the source said. A second source reached by BuzzFeed News confirmed the meeting took place but would not elaborate on what was said.
The multiracial and multigenerational group came from the worlds of art, academia, business, tech, and literature, according to the source.
Although Gillibrand is not the only woman likely to run for president, she is the candidate whose campaign will most focus on gender. The New York senator's signature issues have been women's issues, such as how military sexual assault is prosecuted and #MeToo in politics; her outside group focuses on funding women candidates for office, something on display as a record number of women ran in 2018, when Gillibrand, herself, was reelected in New York.
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Let's see. The clintons, torpedoed. The NRA, flip flop. Immigration, flip flop. Al Franken, railroaded. Now this.
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But with the midterms behind her, Mr. Colbert asked Ms. Gillibrand whether there was “another election that you might be concentrating on.” She closed her eyes, smiled and nodded almost knowingly before answering.
“I do think it’s an important question,” she said.
Colbert jumped in: “It is an important question. That’s why I asked it.”
She called it “a moral question for me,” before eventually saying: “I believe right now that every one of us should figure out how we can do whatever we can with our time, with our talents to restore that moral decency, that moral compass and that truth of who we are as Americans. So I will promise you I will give it a long, hard thought of consideration.”
“That close,” Mr. Colbert joked.
The remarks represent a notable shift for Ms. Gillibrand.
Less than three weeks ago, in the lone debate of her re-election campaign, Ms. Gillibrand pledged to serve her full Senate term.
“I will serve my six-year term,” she said. (Her Republican opponent, Chele Farley, replied, “Honestly, I don’t believe that.”) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/09/nyregion/kirsten-gillibrand-2020-presidential-run.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
Imagine, a republican getting something right.
I guess Ms. Gillibrand isn't as universally loved as she thinks she is. I'm all for women candidates, and I hope we Democrats nominate a woman for President. Just not this woman! 
