{"id":553,"date":"2009-12-29T12:37:35","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T17:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=553"},"modified":"2009-12-29T12:37:35","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T17:37:35","slug":"why-schumer-keeps-getting-re-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=553","title":{"rendered":"Why Schumer keeps getting re-elected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why does <a href=\"http:\/\/schumer.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> keep getting re-elected? \u00a0Because <a href=\"http:\/\/polhudson.lohudblogs.com\/2009\/12\/29\/once-again-schumer-visits-all-ny-counties\/\" target=\"_blank\">he&#8217;s all over the place<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; Sen. Charles Schumer is in Schenectady County today to complete his 11th year in a row of visiting all 62 counties in New York since he took office in 1999 &#8230;His office said this year\u2019s tour included 13 trips to Albany; 16 to Erie; 17 to Monroe; 14 to Onondaga; and 22 to Westchester and Rockland counties. He made 11 trips to the North Country, 12 trips to the Southern Tier, 25 trips to the Capital Region, 25 trips to Western New York, 47 trips to the Hudson Valley, 26 trips to Central New York, and 25 trips to the Rochester-Finger Lakes.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Giving credit where it&#8217;s due, Schumer is very, very good at being a politician. \u00a0He&#8217;s made it seem like he&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">personally<\/span> connected with everybody and everything. \u00a0He puts more effort into that than any other politician I know of. \u00a0You never know where he&#8217;ll show up next, but wherever it is, he&#8217;ll claim credit for whatever good thing is happening or show concern for whatever crap is going on and promise to fix it.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D553&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=553\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=553\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=553\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why does Chuck Schumer keep getting re-elected? \u00a0Because he&#8217;s all over the place: &#8220;&#8230; Sen. 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