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Patty Murray Rocks (Original Post)
libodem
Mar 2015
OP
I really like her too. She just exudes common sense and definitely no pushover..n/t
monmouth4
Mar 2015
#2
cilla4progress
(24,791 posts)1. My Senator -
I could go for this!
libodem
(19,288 posts)5. She makes me proud
It must overwhelm you.
monmouth4
(9,711 posts)2. I really like her too. She just exudes common sense and definitely no pushover..n/t
libodem
(19,288 posts)6. She's very remarkable
For sure.
trueblue2007
(17,243 posts)3. you should have posted this .... PATTY MURRAY ROCKS
And lost in the Warren hype is another female senator: Washington's Patty Murray. As caucus secretary, Murray is the fourth-ranking member of Senate Democratic leadership, behind Reid, Durbin, and Schumer. If she decides to take on Schumer for Reid's job, Murray could be the first woman to serve as a party leader in the US Senate. Murray's office didn't respond to a request for comment on whether she'd run for the job and, besides a general statement praising Reid, was notably quiet on Friday.
In 2013, I cowrote a profile of Murray for The American Prospect looking at her role in leading Democrats' negotiations with Republicans on the budget, and explained how she's a pragmatic progressive who will push for the most liberal policies she can pass while still being willing to forge compromise with the centrists in her party:
There's something peculiarly undefined about Murray's ideology. She's a liberal, a West Coast liberal to be precise: strong on social issues, the environment, workers' rights, and the government's role in society. She hews closely to the Democratic talking points of the day. But it's hard to discern a coherent vision or theory behind her views. She is as far left as you can go without alienating the centrists in the party. More than anything, she's a pragmatist. Success trumps belief in the "right" things. At the same time, Murray doesn't venerate moderation for its own sakeshe's no Rahm Emanuel. "She's a strong progressive," says a former Budget Committee staff member, "but she won't tilt at windmills, she won't force a vote on something she knows she's not going to win."
Murray certainly has the résumé to compete for the job. She led the Democrats' campaign arm in 2012, when the party picked up two Senate seats, defying pundits' predictions. She forged a budget agreement with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) in 2013 that averted across-the-board budget cuts. Murray is generally press-shyshe flies home across the country each weekend instead of doing the Sunday show circuitwhich would leave room for other Senate stars, including Warren, to be the party's public face while Murray controls the behind-the-scenes negotiations. But as that budget committee staffer told me in 2013, Murray isn't known for picking fights she can't win. If she runs against Schumer, it'll be because she thinks she has a real shot at Reid's post.
libodem
(19,288 posts)4. When you are right
You are right!!!
cilla4progress
(24,791 posts)7. She first ran as the mom in tennis shoes
I can't say she hasn't been true to that!