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| The Campaign Spot National Review Online (blog) Connecticut 4: Despite challenger Dan Debicella having just 35 percent name recognition compared to Representative Jim Himes' 93 percent name recognition, ... |
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| Greenwich Roundup: 08/16/10 New comment on 08/10/10 Meet Dan Debicella... By GreenwichRoundup@gmail.com (Greenwich Roundup) Congratulations, Dan Debicella, on your decisive primary victory. Anyone who wants to support Dan can do so here: https://debicella.blue-swarm.com/donate/. Building a new majority in the House of Representatives is the most direct route ... Greenwich Roundup - http://greenwichroundup.blogspot.com/ | |||
| Conservatives4Congress: GOP Poised to Gain Seats in Northeast By Nicole Coulter Dan Debicella (R) Himes is a freshman who barely knocked off long time RINO Congressman Chris Shays in 2008. Most observers think this will be close, and Himes is not yet entrenched. DEBICELLA – R Takeover. Maine (Likely no change) ... Conservatives4Congress - http://www.conservatives4congress.com/ |
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| Republican Debicella Wins 4th Congressional District Nomination ... In the 4th Congressional District primary Tuesday, Republican state Sen. Dan Debicella won the right to face first-term Democrat Jim Himes in November. articles.courant.com/.../hc-4-cong-results-0811-20100810_1_... |
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Words or Deeds?
ReplyDeleteOur incumbent congressman, Jim Himes voted to increase discretionary government spending by 22% but now talks about favoring a 1% spending reduction. Himes voted with Nancy Pelosi over 95% of the time. Now, he talks about being “independent”. His evidence is that he votes against her almost 5% of the time on largely symbolic or procedural matters. This might have worked during the bubble era, but our families cannot afford Himes anymore.
Today, we are in the position of having to choose whether we should believe a record of wasteful excess or election year promises of reform. How can we decide? In 2008, we decided that we could afford to take our chances on the current congressional leadership. We trusted their good intentions, enjoyed the benefits, and ignored the costs. On one hand, they had unambiguous voting records of command-and-control statists who would bring the most important aspects of our lives under government control. Increasing amounts of our private property would be taxed, spent, and regulated out of Washington. Entire sectors of our economy would be taken over. On the other hand, their election year rhetoric indicated that they would govern based on common sense and pragmatism. They said that they would be independent, despite any concerns that voters might have had based upon their records.
This election year, Himes presents us with the same decision. In 2010, we can take Himes at his word or we can take a look at his record. Should we trust words or deeds? Our most recent experiment with trusting in the words of our politicians serves as a cautionary data point.