Former Blue Dog

So on health care, too, just like guns and immigration, Sen. Kirsten Gillbrand is taking more liberal positions than might have been expected from her former congressional record. Her Democratic successor in Congress (in a heavily Republican district) is Scott Murphy, who is coming under fire from the left for his health-care stance. But Gillibrand is determined not to let potential primary opponent Rep. Carolyn Maloney get to the left of her.

Nor is this just a matter of finding new issues to care about, like Sen. (and former Rep.) Chuck Schumer becoming a born-again advocate for dairy farmers when his constituency moved beyond Brooklyn. That's what he was supposed to do. Gillibrand is simply switching and adopting whatever positions are convenient. It doesn't bother me because I can see both sides on those issues. But it sure plays into the stereotype of unprincipled, pandering politicians.  

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[Furey]

Or, health care has been an issue Gillibrand has championed throughout her career in Congress, and is simply continuing now. As you may remember, she ran supporting a "Medicare For All" public option back in '06. She supported Americans being allowed to buy into the Medicare system, then.

[Bob Conner]


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OK, then here's another issue on which her opinion
has, shall we say, evolved:
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/07/gillibrand-settles-for-dont-as.html

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