Her money and polling disconnect still baffles me.
Gillibrand had a fair amount of potential, as Kara said on demonic page 666 she's good at striking that middle ground between Left and Right Opposition, she's sufficiently left wing on most issues but is comfy with the establishment, and she's also generally personable. And she's attractive, which is totally a plus. For all the people like me who were speculating whether she'd take off, her moment to do so was the debates, but she really squandered that by acting annoying, leaning in too hard on Girl Power politics, she didn't give any memorable answers...
in other words there was room for a Feeeemale candidate but it turned out being Hillary's protege was less of a stat booster than getting Obama in trouble with his wife. F