Franklin County notes
Hi everybody from Franklin County,
Grassroots campaigning in Franklin and Orleans Counties today. Lots of anger on both sides of the political spectrum about the recently passed health care bill, ‘pay raises’ for Congress, and special exclusions in the health care bill. As an aside, during recent campaigning at the Vermont Law School in South Royalton, a number of people commented that the Democratic leadership’s maintenance of the middleman (insurance companies) in the health care bill but deletion of the middleman in the ‘associated’ student loan bill (banks) appears ‘inconsistent’ (at best).
Also, lots of anger about ‘politicians being politicians’. The concept of ‘personal responsibility’ invoked in our campaign’s Vermont Political Revolution resonates with people from both parties…
A positive anecdote in politics for a change: Paul Beaudry had me on True North radio yesterday (a conservative talk show). He is apparently considering running for Congress. He and I expressed our respect for each other and our sides of the story despite policy differences of opinion and signed each other’s petition to get on the ballot. A caller called in amazed at the professional, cordial, and positive interaction between a Democratic candidate for the US Senate and a prospective conservative Republican candidate for Congress. We REALLY could use more of that. Respectful and honest discussion breeds more of just that.
BTW, please consider voting on Kevin Molduene’s (campaign manager) logo competition (see campaign website homepage).
Thanks, Dan F
PS Will try to blog more regularly.
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