The News & Observer takes a look at Sen. Kay Hagan’s first few weeks in in Washington:
The Democrats’ newest female star senator, Kay Hagan, surged into office last fall, swinging on the coattails of Barack Obama and his progressive message of change.
But since taking the oath of office, Hagan has signaled repeatedly that she won’t fall in lockstep with her president.
…..”I’m Kay Hagan, and I vote the way I think people in North Carolina would want. But more than that, I vote according to my gut,” she said last week.
Not much new here. Hagan still refuses to talk about the firings of two black staffers, and says that her ‘yes’ vote on President Obama’s budget plan, which she criticized last week, came after a committee version pared back some of the spending.
Bottom line is she’s marched in lockstep with Obama. And if that’s voting her gut……
