Sunday, September 23, 2012

Kaine and Allen square off in third debate: Kaine comes out the clear winner


In their third head-to-head debate on Thursday at the Capital One Conference Center in McLean, former Virginia Governor’s Tim Kaine and George Allen discussed some of our country’s most pressing issues, trying to convince Virginia’s voters why they deserve to be elected to the U.S. Senate[1].

While the debate was civil, policy specifics were not as forthcoming as one would have hoped, especially for George Allen.

Tim Kaine did show however, more so than his political opponent, a willingness to step outside of the name calling and partisanship that has brought congress to a standstill. In response to an attack by Allen, Kaine responded, “We can debate policies, but that’s the kind of name calling we’ve seen too much in Washington, and what’s wrong with Washington is not going to be fixed by more of that.”[2]

Indeed, George Allen’s political career has been much less about working “across the aisle” or practicing civility than using his public pulpit to belittle Democratic Party candidates and, yes, their staffers as well.[3]

Thus, George Allen’s is the kind of political record that makes it difficult to imagine that, if elected to the U.S. Senate, he would attempt to compromise with the Democratic Party, thereby adding to the gridlock that has all but alienated the American people towards their federal legislature.[4]

Regardless of what George Allen claims, his derogatory and negative comments in the past have defined who he is and how other members of congress perceive him. Allen is a partisan bull-dog and a non-pragmatic politician to boot (e.g. balanced budget amendment!).[5]

If Virginians are serious about ending the gridlock in the U.S. Congress, they’ll vote for Tim Kaine to be our next U.S. Senator.

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