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Contact: Becky Miller RMiller 518.462.2601 Albany, NY – January 24… Last September, Barack Obama became the first President in history to deliver a purely partisan political speech in front of a joint session of Congress. Tonight, he did it again. It is abundantly clear that this President has given up on governing and is focusing his efforts on riling up his base and raising the money necessary to run the most negative campaign in history against the eventual Republican nominee. Lost amidst all of the empty promises and high-flying rhetoric were the promises that Obama and Senate Democrats, especially Kirstin Gillibrand, failed to keep. On the economy, jobs, health care, energy, the deficit, the debt, housing, lobbyists, ethics, and energy policy — all of these issues – Obama and Gillibrand have broken their promises to New Yorkers. Chief amongst Kirstin Gillibrand’s failed initiatives and broken promises are nearly a dozen jobs bills, each of which was trumpeted to her constituents as the solution to New York’s economic woes, only to stall in the Senate. While Kirsten Gillibrand spent three years striking out in Washington, the unemployment rate in New York State rose from 7% to 8%. In 2012, New Yorkers will finally have their chance to show both Barack Obama and Kirstin Gillibrand the door. |
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