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First off, Thanks to Steve for live-blogging from this afternoon's Congressional debate. I hope some of you got the chance to tune in.
Secondly, I want to say that after following this race for the past month, I am sick of three things:
1) I am sick of Scott Murphy's story about the first time he went to visit his wife's family's dairy farm in Washington County, and her cousins taught him how to milk a cow before letting him into the house. That's great. I've heard this story at every Murphy event I've been to. I get it. Move on, it's time to talk about something else.
The story about Murphy's giant family having Sunday dinner together falls into the same category. Very folksy, wonderful. Find some other way to relate to voters, please.
2) Enough discussion of Obama's economic recovery plan, and Teidsco's failure to take a side. We get it. Jim Tedisco won't say which way he would have voted. Let me take a stab at why: he's a Republican, so he would almost certainly have voted against it -- as did every single member of his party. BUT, as a politican on the campaign trail, he doesn't want to be the guy who voted against fixing the economy. SO, he differs answering, and instead says again and again that he supports tax relief for the middle class -- as does Scott Murphy -- so, he's not really against the recovery act afterall. The point is made, move on.
3) Conversly, I'm sick of Jim Tedisco not answering questions. As we know, he has not been answering questions on this theoretical vote on the recovery bill (which I'm sick of hearing about) for some time. Today, he succeeded in not answering questions all through the debate. Instead, he would offer his standard litany of sound bites, somehow twisted to conform to the question posed, while only paying lip service to the actual question.
It's time for these candidates to take this campaign to the next level and show voters a real campaign of issues, and to offer us a real choice. As I see it, Murphy (a self-described fiscal conservative) and Tedisco (a self-described conservative), are so close on so many issues as to be nearly indistinguishable. What's a voter to do?
There are four weeks left before the election, let's see some more substance from these men.
Secondly, I want to say that after following this race for the past month, I am sick of three things:
1) I am sick of Scott Murphy's story about the first time he went to visit his wife's family's dairy farm in Washington County, and her cousins taught him how to milk a cow before letting him into the house. That's great. I've heard this story at every Murphy event I've been to. I get it. Move on, it's time to talk about something else.
The story about Murphy's giant family having Sunday dinner together falls into the same category. Very folksy, wonderful. Find some other way to relate to voters, please.
2) Enough discussion of Obama's economic recovery plan, and Teidsco's failure to take a side. We get it. Jim Tedisco won't say which way he would have voted. Let me take a stab at why: he's a Republican, so he would almost certainly have voted against it -- as did every single member of his party. BUT, as a politican on the campaign trail, he doesn't want to be the guy who voted against fixing the economy. SO, he differs answering, and instead says again and again that he supports tax relief for the middle class -- as does Scott Murphy -- so, he's not really against the recovery act afterall. The point is made, move on.
3) Conversly, I'm sick of Jim Tedisco not answering questions. As we know, he has not been answering questions on this theoretical vote on the recovery bill (which I'm sick of hearing about) for some time. Today, he succeeded in not answering questions all through the debate. Instead, he would offer his standard litany of sound bites, somehow twisted to conform to the question posed, while only paying lip service to the actual question.
It's time for these candidates to take this campaign to the next level and show voters a real campaign of issues, and to offer us a real choice. As I see it, Murphy (a self-described fiscal conservative) and Tedisco (a self-described conservative), are so close on so many issues as to be nearly indistinguishable. What's a voter to do?
There are four weeks left before the election, let's see some more substance from these men.
posted by The Saratogian City Desk at
9:57 PM
4 Comments:
Andrew J Bernstein:
If you think you're sick of Jim Tedisco now, wait until you see what will happen if he gets elected. Then we'll have two more years of his unique blend of foolishness and failure, not in the State Assembly, where he can do little harm, but in the House of Representatives, where he'll have a national stage to clown around on.
A congressman is expected to come home to his district on weekends to find out what constituents are thinking, but Tedisco wouldn't be able to come home here because he doesn't even live in the 20th Congressional District. He's unqualified for the job. Period.
Honestly, I wish there was more to give you -to give us -in this race. This is a snoozer to say the least. While each party is focused on winning this seat, they both know in the end that the congressman sent to DC will be treated like a red-headed stepchild. The outcome is a bit more favorable if the Democrat wins, just because he'll be able to vote in step with his caucus.
Frankly, I think there's a REALLY good case for not filling the seat at all. I'll expound on that later. The bottom line is the only thing at play right now is the incumbent advantage. Neither one of these guys will be able to do anything in Washington. The fact that a library full of people couldn't see that is a bit disturbing.
Here's a reason to pick Murphy. He will answer your questions. Tedisco will sidestep anything thrown at him as a good republican is supposed to do. He rode in on Bruno's coattails so let's let him ride out with Bruno. No more old school back door politics.
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