The LA Times had an article recently about the state senate race between Hannah-Beth Jackson and Tony Strickland. Click here to read it for yourself.
The thesis of the article is that both sides are trying to reach out to voters who are not members of either party.
Here are some notable lines:
To partisans, they are "Phony Tony" and "Taxin' Jackson."
( About Tony Strickland's company ) The company doesn't have any employees, services or products because it's still waiting for its permit to be approved, he said.
But Strickland says his change of heart is real. Like T. Boone Pickens, the billionaire oil man now advocating cleaner energy sources, he has decided that America must "get off foreign oil," Strickland said.
And Hannah-Beth Jackson? The 58-year-old Democrat is so liberal that she's never seen a tax she didn't like, according to Strickland's supporters. Voters couldn't have a clearer choice, both sides say.
I am curious. If elected, would Tony Strickland be expected to sell off his interest in his alternative energy company being that he would be voting on issues related to it very often, or would he be expected to abstain on votes concerning energy policy?
Maybe he would be more effective in the private sector if he isn't going to be voting on the policies that are really important to him. I would expect he would sell his portion of the company to another willing investor.
Tell me if you think my analysis is missing something.
Strickland has NO portion of the company, remember? He still has yet to put in his $5000 share of the company, so you'd think it'd be safe to assume that there would be no conflict of interest. And you'd be wrong, if you looked at his voting record in the Assembly...
If Tony wins, I guess he will be voting for all the alternative energy bills. And will listen to the Democrats and DTS voters in his area.
If Hannah-Beth wins, she will need to be mindful of all the Republicans and DTS voters in her area.
Which do you believe is most likely to uphold campaign promises?
Katie, is your question a joke? Will Phony-Tony do anything that he promises the public? Not at all. After all, isn't that why he is known as Phony-Tony? Do you really think that Gorian, Kunicki and Strickland are going to harness wave energy with their great depths of engineering backgrounds? How silly!
It is a valid hypothetical question for all voters! I guess we know which way you are leaning. I'm going to stay neutral on this blog but I've already sent in my absentee ballot and I've answered my question to great satisfaction.
I had a Strickland goon come to my door and when he left he thanked me and said he would be voting for HannahBeth Jackson and he threw all his Strickland flyers in a trashcan out by the curb, amazing what the truth can do. The more people hear about Strickland the more likely they are to not vote for him.
I had a Strickland goon come to my door and when he left he thanked me and said he would be voting for HannahBeth Jackson and he threw all his Strickland flyers in a trashcan out by the curb, amazing what the truth can do. The more people hear about Strickland the more likely they are to not vote for him.
Yeah right, Bubba the Kid. What a load of crap...
Right, we all know who Katie voted for, given her disdain for Strickland and anything else Republican.