Those From KGill's Rural Roots Feel Left in the Dust

The balancing act for new Senator Kirsten Gillibrand continues to demonstrate that there is no way that she will be able to please all state Democrats. The latest group who feels slighted by her positions? Her old constituents. The Times spoke to folks from the 20th Congressional District who made Gillibrand the first Democrat they sent to Washington in over twenty years. Her former supporters had gripes about her "evolution" since her promotion with one saying, "If you have a position, and this is what you feel, why would you change it just because you got a new job?” Some NYC versus upstate resentment seems to be at play with one local saying, "As soon as Schumer and Silver got to her, I watched her change her tune." Today Gillibrand gave her first major speech in NYC as senator at a meeting of the business group Association for a Better New York where she quoted Eleanor Roosevelt saying, "A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water."