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Democratic Voters Don't See Kirsten Gillibrand As A Potential President-- And She Can't Understand Why

Remember Kirsten Gillibrand? She was picked by the Democratic establishment for the Hillary Clinton Senate seat when Hillary went to work for Obama as Secretary of State, in preparation for a presidential bid. Gillibrand was an attractive, albeit unaccomplished, woman from the right-of-center Blue Dog coalition, an upstater for a seat that had to go to someone not from the City.