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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Who said Gillibrand was shrill? I said she's soulless. She's a stuffed suit. And an ambitious opportunist.
I think she's a zero. Like Mitt Romney was a zero. I think she's guided by nothing but focus groups and polls, and has no independent thought.
So without knowing who exactly you were writing to, or what your point was, here's my view on the candidates:
Beto: Vacant media darling, McCandidate
Harris: Smart and thoughtful, but has to up the charisma a bit
Warren: Super-smart and formidable (if people will pay attention to her sometimes complex policy arguments)
Bernie: Past sell by date
Klobuchar: Don't know anything about her
Booker: Smart, but overthinking and too perfect, occasionally precious
Biden: He can walk away with it, as he could have in 2016
Gillibrand: 0.00, total phony
Kasich: DOA, egomaniac
Christie: Trump v. Trump
Romney: Oh, fuck... Not again
Schultz: Not dynamic enough to be a spoiler... 15 min almost up
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Don't underestimate Gilli's ability to connect. Her first political victory was the congressional district I grew up in, and with a couple of minor and brief exceptions it had been Republican since the 19th century (and, indeed, my Congressman's family had held the seat as Federalists, Whigs, and Republicans). She has an extraordinary amount of energy and if you are ever in the room with her, you leave feeling like you're her best friend and she listened to every word you said. It's the kind of charm Bill Clinton had. Could play very well in Iowa caucuses.
