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Showing Original Post only (View all)Gillibrand Hires New Aide, Signaling Presidential Run Is Imminent [View all]
Depending on when she announces her decision, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York could become the second high-profile Democrat to join the race, after Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
Karsten Moran for The New York Times
By Alexander Burns
Jan. 11, 2019
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York has hired a communications director for an expected presidential campaign, a sign that she is all but certain to join the race against President Trump and that her entry may be imminent.
Ms. Gillibrand has recruited Meredith Kelly, formerly the top spokeswoman at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, as a senior aide to her prospective 2020 campaign, two people familiar with the decision said. Ms. Kelly was part of the team at the House committee that helped the party capture the majority in 2018, overseeing the groups media strategy during the midterm elections.
The hire is part of a flurry of activity by Ms. Gillibrand in recent weeks as the 2020 campaign gets underway. Politico reported on Thursday night that she is preparing a trip to Iowa later this month and has been in touch with potential campaign staff members there.
Glen Caplin, a spokesman for Ms. Gillibrand, declined to comment.
Taking the step of actually retaining new staff rather than merely conducting interviews or planning out staff recruitment indicates that Ms. Gillibrand is probably in the very last stages of preparing for the 2020 race. Once politicians raise or spend more than $5,000 on their candidacy, they have just 15 days to file paperwork forming a campaign with the Federal Election Commission.
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Actually no. Shame on them for not thinking straight when Gillibrand showed naked ambition
OnDoutside
Jan 2019
#198
Yes, it doesn't speak well for them. Not playing. Thing is, she is so overwhelmingly unpopular on
OnDoutside
Jan 2019
#206
If I was interested in playing, I would, but you're the one in the overwhelming minority on this
OnDoutside
Jan 2019
#231
Nothing wrong with it when you are in the right, but you aren't. You're standing up for
OnDoutside
Jan 2019
#235
And I'm standing up against the lack of fairness for Al Franken. So we all can have our opinion.
OnDoutside
Jan 2019
#238
AL FRANKEN was NOT treated fairly at all. Guillibrand treated him with contempt. I can't forgive
trueblue2007
Jan 2019
#253
Sadly, this is one where the Senators WRONGLY rushed ONLY for political expediency. But,
LBM20
Jan 2019
#217
SPOT ON CORRECT! Franken's "accusers" where Trumpists and nutjobs pumped up by right wing media or
LBM20
Jan 2019
#212
I knew you'd take one statement and run with it. Ignoring the overall message.
bitterross
Jan 2019
#229
It needed to be properly investigated and vetted. Many were LAME and some confirmed TRUMPISTS! What
LBM20
Jan 2019
#204
Yup. It was HYSTERIA and the timing of the thing, and it is an important lesson of history that
LBM20
Jan 2019
#223
It is YOUR burden to prove they were telling the truth. The accused is the one who gets due process!
LBM20
Jan 2019
#209
It was political shit at the height of a hysterical moment in our history. Bottom line, THEY have
LBM20
Jan 2019
#224
No two issue voter. Justice and fairness. There's many great Democratic candidates in the running.
dem4decades
Jan 2019
#73
She led the charge, others followed. He was denied a fair hearing. We're done.
dem4decades
Jan 2019
#78
At an election where all Dem boats were lifted. Yeah, have fun in the national spotlight.
OnDoutside
Jan 2019
#203
Hahaha, very funny ! I'm going to bookmark your post for when the primary results come in !
OnDoutside
Jan 2019
#213
She threw Franken under the bus a few times and ran over him again. Forget her! Nt
helpisontheway
Jan 2019
#24
Anyone who attempts to deflect with stiff Biden did 28 years ago will be buried with their own
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#186
Minnesota has been the most reliable blue state for President in the past 50 years.
LakeSuperiorView
Jan 2019
#105
all these great women! what if i actually do NOT know who to caucus/vote for in the primary?
samnsara
Jan 2019
#52
She led a witch hunt against Al Franken. It was totally SHITTY and she won't gain traction.
LBM20
Jan 2019
#205
If she's everybody's eighth choice, as she is mine, you have nothing to worry about.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2019
#207
It won't go anywhere. She led a disgusting witch hunt against Franken and people will remember.
LBM20
Jan 2019
#202
Okay, glad to hear this, but I still think she was wrong to pick on Al Franken.
Bluepinky
Jan 2019
#246
I guess we'll never know how the investigation would have gone, since he wasn't allowed one.
Bluepinky
Jan 2019
#258