[Peace-discuss] Langenheim vs Gill

[C. G. Estabrook]

I'd be surprised if anyone is doing any serious polling on this contest,
given its cost.  But I think your hesitations are appropriate.

Gill originally supported a second nuclear reactor at Clinton -- he's from
there -- on the basis of "jobs." At the AWARE meeting, he said he now
opposes it.

Gill's signature issue is national health care, where he says he supports
the position of Physicians for National Health Care <www.pnhp.org/>. I'm
still not clear that that means, for him, a Canadian-style single-payer
system.

There's a vagueness about Ralph that I find disconcerting -- witness his
discussion of Iraq when he met with AWARE -- but the points you make here
are important.  --CGE


On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Randall Cotton wrote:

> Has anyone seen poll numbers on Langenheim vs. Gill? (15th district
> congressional seat, to oppose Tim Johnson)
> 
> BTW, although Langenheim is often described as a "conservative" democrat
> (even in this forum), if you check Project Vote Smart (vote-smart.org),
> you'll see he's affirmed support for:
> 
> 1. eliminating the death penalty (for federal crimes) (Gill did not)
> 2. Decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana (Gill did not)
> 3. Much more progressive taxation across the board (Gill only supports
> increasing taxes on $250,000+, leaving all else as is).
> 4. Much stronger gun control than Gill
> 
> So I'm not sure "conservative democrat" is a fair characterization.
> 
> My vote could depend on what poll numbers show, thus my query...
> R
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