Gabbard Is One Of Capitol’s Six Buzzworthy Freshmen
A Washington Post blog has this post identifying Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as one of six U.S. House freshmen making an early media impact.
Excerpt:
You should expect to hear plenty about these six freshman members of the House in the years to come: Reps. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.), Steve Stockman (R-Tex.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.) and Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii).
That’s the takeaway from a new study by the University of Minnesota’s (the old alma mater!) Smart Politics team, which looked at the number of early media impressions from the Class of 2012. …
As for the new class of freshmen, Duckworth and Gabbard should have significant voices on matters of foreign policy as the only two female members of Congress to serve in combat, and Gabbard is Congress’s first Hindu. …
