[Peace-discuss] re: Langenheim vs Gill

[Lisa Chason]

will it be possible on Tuesday's ballot to write in Carl?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
To: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>
Cc: <peace-discuss at lists.cu.groogroo.com>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Langenheim vs Gill


> 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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