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09-04-2009, 06:20 PM
Former Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch said that she had talked with Miguel Vargas Maldonado, the president of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) regarding the possibility of her standing for election as senator for the National District. Ortiz Bosch said that while she herself has not made up her mind whether to run or not, she has talked things over with friends and fellow politicians.
She spoke during an interview with CDN journalist Tony Pina.
Ortiz Bosh was also asked if the mere possibility of her bid for the senate chair could be part of a PRD strategy to win more legislative positions in the 2010 elections. But she downplayed the coattail effect, or the tendency for a popular political party leader to attract votes for other candidates of the same party in an election.
"I am a human being, but I am not nor is the senator of the National District the person who pulls in the deputies." She added that politics is not an individual pursuit. She said if she were to become a candidate it would be the result of teamwork.
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She spoke during an interview with CDN journalist Tony Pina.
Ortiz Bosh was also asked if the mere possibility of her bid for the senate chair could be part of a PRD strategy to win more legislative positions in the 2010 elections. But she downplayed the coattail effect, or the tendency for a popular political party leader to attract votes for other candidates of the same party in an election.
"I am a human being, but I am not nor is the senator of the National District the person who pulls in the deputies." She added that politics is not an individual pursuit. She said if she were to become a candidate it would be the result of teamwork.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)