LIVE BLOG: The Delaware Senate Debate
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
8:57 PM – Coons closing statement. O'Donnell has experience running for office, but not running anything else. He says she's good at slogans and increasing the political divide. "I offer you real ideas."
8:55 PM – O'Donnell gets first crack at closing statements. She calls Coons a "career politician." "He's in lockstep with Barack Obama and Harry Reid." "What Washington needs now is new voices." "I want to go to Washington to represent the people who put me on this stage tonight." "America is the greatest force of good in this world."
8:53 PM – Blitzer asks O'Donnell, "What were you thinking" when you started a commercial by saying "I am not a witch." O'Donnell says she wanted to put it to rest.
8:50 PM – What would you do to end partisan bickering in Washington? O'Donnell says she would stand strong on legislation that benefits the interest of citizens, not the special interest. Coons says she hasn't pointed to one example of supporting the President or Democratic ideas. He says he's worked with Republicans in New Castle County to find solutions. Blitzer follows up with Harry Reid quote that Coons is his pet, "I'm nobody's bet, I'm going to be a bulldog for Delaware."
8:48 PM – Offshore oil drilling? O'Donnell says it should be up to the states to decide, not Congress. Coons says beaches should not be at risk of oil spills. He says alternative energy should get federal investment.
8:46 PM – O'Donnell questions whether Coons' connection to W.L. Gore company would impact his vote on cap-and-trade legislation. Coons says it would not.
8:32 PM – Abortion: O'Donnell says there has been a loss of respect for life and human dignity. Coons says he supports a woman's right to choose. Says abortion should be safe, legal and rare.
8:31 PM – Embryonic stem cell research: Coons says he supports it. O'Donnell says advances have been more in adult stem cell research.
8:29 PM – 1st student question: What's your position on don't ask, don't tell? Coons says he would work to repeal it. O'Donnell says federal judge ruled that it should be overturned, but she says it should be up to the military. She says they already regulate personal behavior regarding adultery. Congress should not be forcing a social agenda on our military.
8:26 PM – Question to O'Donnell about China's ambitions and her previous comments ('06) about sensitive information she wished she was not privy to. She says the threat from China is due in part because they hold so much of U.S. debt. She says the U.S. is not in an economic position to urge China to put pressure on Iran and North Korea. Coons keeps saying that it's hard for him to respond to all of O'Donnell's statements.
8:21 PM – Immigration Views. Coons says federal government has failed the states. He wants to strengthen the borders, hold employers accountable who repeatedly employ illegal workers. Also wants a path toward legal residence for illegal immigrants who pay a fine, and get in the back of the line behind others who are going through legal channels to immigrate. O'Donnell accuses him of "backtracking." She says securing the border should be the first priority. "I support a legal pathway to those who are coming over here for legal immigrants.' She says she doesn't support amnesty. She says it sends the wrong message that it is okay to break the laws.
8:12 PM – Health care reform question to O'Donnell. You want to repeal it? She says health care insurance reform was needed, vulnerable are still left uninsured under "Obama-care." She says reform has not lowered health care costs, she says she would fight to repeal it, in order to enact "real reform." Coons says he supports the implementation of health care reform bill. She says bill is not perfect, but it can be improved instead of repealed. O'Donnell says, "Nobody should be forced to pay anybody else's health care costs." Coons replies that that was already happening when uninsured had to be cared for.
8:06 PM – Question to Coons: Are teachers unions too powerful? Answers that Delaware's teachers union came to the table and cooperate with Governor Jack Markell's administration on successful application for more than $100-million in Race to the Top education funding. "I have no problem with recognizing that the people who do the hard work, the teachers and para-professionals," are entitled to make a good living. O'Donnell says Coons didn't answer the question because he was endorsed by the teachers union. She says Delaware is not spending its education dollars appropriately. "We have a broken system. Throwing more money on a broken system is not going to work." She doesn't think the U.S. Dept. of Education should be done away with, but money should stop being misused.
8:04 PM – Question to Coons about his "bearded Marxist" comments. He answers that it was clear that it was a joke. My opponents have endlessly spun this. O'Donnell says, "I would stand to disagree." She says Coons statement should send a "chill up the spine" of Delaware voters.
8:02 PM – Question to O'Donnell: Do you believe evolution is a myth? Answer: "Local schools should make that decision." "What I believe is irrelevant." Not allowing schools to teach creation as an equal theory is a violation of their rights.
7:58 PM – Question to O'Donnell about "dabbling in witchcraft" comments. O'Donnell: "This election cycle should be about what's important to the people of Delaware." "I have not welcomed this media attention, my priority has been getting in touch with Delaware voters." She accuses Coons of using statement she's made in the past against her even though he said he didn't want to focus on past statements. Coons rebuttal points questions which Constitution she would go by O'Donnell. Coons says he would go by the Constitution and decided law.
7:55 PM – Foreign policy question on Afghanistan. Coons questions O'Donnell's standards for getting out of Afghanistan and whether there would be no end in sight under O'Donnell's ideas.
7:51 PM – Wolf Blitzer asking Coons about O'Donnell "Taxman" attack ad, which accuses Coons of bringing the county to the brink. Coons says the county has high bond ratings. O'Donnell accuses Coons of "cronyism." Coons says he's proud of his record, and that O'Donnell is not familiar with the way that bond ratings work.
7:48 PM – Follow up to O'Donnell about her personal financial troubles. "I know how hard it is to earn and keep a dollar." "I can relate to the thousand of Delaware families that are struggling right now." Coons says the focus of the debate should not be on personal finances, but on the issues in front of Delaware. O'Donnell jokes that Coons was just jealous that he was not the subject of Saturday Night Live skits.
7:44 PM – Question 2 goes to O'Donnell: "What specific, meaningful cuts would you make to reduce debt?" Answer from O'Donnell: don't spend what's left of stimulus money, hiring freeze on non-security personnel, cut down on waste, fraud and abuse. Accuses Coons of paying out "special favors" to interest groups. Coons says there's so much to respond to a minute may not be long enough. Coons calls for streamlining of military spending and other cuts.
7:43 PM – Coons tells O'Donnell, "We are going to try to have a conversation here tonight and not a diatribe." He says she's been misrepresenting his record during the campaign.
7:41 PM – Coons warns that O'Donnell's numbers on unemployment in NCCo may not be accurate. He says her numbers may have to be checked throughout tonight. Fairly heated during first "cross-fire" portion.
7:39 PM – O'Donnell challenges Coons record on jobs in NCCo. Again accuses him of being a "rubber stamp."
7:37 PM – 1st question goes to Coons. Why should voters trust Democrats to create jobs after steady unemployment over the past two years. Coons says, "I think they should trust 'this Democrat.'"
7:33 PM – Coons warns of O'Donnell's "extreme positions" in his opening statement. Also says debate is a chance for voters to see who has the "experience" to lead. O'Donnell says Coons would be "rubber stamp" in Congress in her opening statement. Looks like the gloves are coming off early.
7:25 PM – Crowd cheers both candidates onto the stage. Getting microphones, stage, etc. all set up. It's almost time. There were big crowds outside Mitchell Hall, chanting, holding signs, and shouting at the other side. All quiet outside now. All eyes on the debate.
A vote for Christine O'Donnell is a vote for a better economy, less taxes and more jobs. A vote for the "Bearded Marxist" is going backwards to failed socialist government. Which BTW doesn't work in any country so why try it here? Why do you think so many people are leaving socialist countries and coming to the US? "If they worked just fine" as one blogger said the people would be staying there! (i.e. Cuba & Russia)
All the left has is personal attacks, lies, and bigotry against anyone they disagree with. O'donnell clearly answered all the questions while Coons was given a pass and never was challenged when he failed to answer the questions. For example, he would not say if unions were to powerful and when asked about if his company would benefit from cap and trade he said well maybe but that did not mean he would recuse himself from cap and trade. Cap and trade will increase everyone's energy costs while Coon's company will be getting rich at our expense.
Surprising that you don't take the high ground and post the truth. Will Gore benefit from cap and trade? Doubtful because cap and trade deal with emissions. Now will Gore benefit from from companies cleaning up their plants? They could, as Coons said.
Also, Coons does not own Gore. If he did wouldn't you think he would move all of their plants to New County?
Wold B is biased
Obama is following Bush's failed policies times 3. 3 times the debt, 3 times the gov spending, 3 times the gov employees which we are all paying for. So if you want 3 times what Bush did to America, vote Coons.
It was not GWB who failed it was Clinton who fouled everything up!
As to oil drilling off shore, if Coons gets elected and the US goes into deeper debt, which is the creed of all left wing dems, spend spend spend, than the US will owe china so much money we will have no choice and will have to hand over our oil reserves to the red china just like texas is about to do. Come to think of it, maybe that is what the bearded marxists, Coons would be very happy to do any way.
wow, i am just shocked someone thinks this.
Could it be that you live in a world where everyone agrees with your liberal ideologies and that small cocoon is about to burst open so you can see the real world? I hope you will actually be able to see the truth that the liberal agenda is nothing but empty promises and out and out lies. It is obvious that very few liberals have actually read the United States Constitution or even made a genuine effort to learn about embryonic stem cell vs. adult stem cell research; let alone investigated the THEORY of evolution vs. intelligent design with an open mind. I sincerely hope you will not be one of those people who ignorantly swallows hook line and sinker the liberal drivel for the rest of your life.
Oil is a national resource, not a state resource so of course, the federal government should be the authority over the oil companies and where they can drill. As for the U.S. going deeper into debt let's look at recent history: Reagan spent more in his presidency than all previous administrations combined, including the largest tax increase; GHWB lost a 2nd term because "It's the economy, stupid"; we are now in the worst recession in 80 yrs because of failed policies of GWB. How many times will we have to go through this before we learn?
O'donnell had to debate coons and the moderators who were clearly trying to trip her up so it was three against one. So the fact o'donnell was able to clearly get her point accross was very impressive. As to one of the posts implying she was against providing emergency care to the uninsured, she did not say that. She said it was up to the hospital to bill the patient for the services provided as per their policies just like every company. With the gov in charge of health care it will be the IRS doing the bill collecting and if you don't pay up you will end up in a federal prison plus the feds will have the power to charge whatever they see fit regardless of how little if any health care you get.
she kept avoiding the questions so much that they needed to resort to a yes or no session, and she still tried to spin it at the end; if christine can not understand how to answer a yes or no question, how can you expect her to know how to debate bills or even understand them?
The choice is if you want higher taxes, more gov regs,and a comand and control economy run by a bunch of dc bureacrats, vote coons. If you want lower taxes, less gov regs and a free market economy where you are in charge of how you spend your hard earned dollar than vote for o'donnell.
If you want a politician that will continue on with the failed policies of george bush and the republican congress that pushed us to a second depression, then COD is your person. If you want a senator that will work to better the country and delaware, then vote for coons.
It just can't be coincidence that nearly every tea party supporter I encounter online routinely exhibits an inability to communicate coherently and offer meaningful thoughts via correct written English.
You must be mistaking The Tea Party for the Wilmington City Council…Those good old democrats don't know how to put together sentences or balance budgets
You finally figured out what the Caps Lock Button is.
well Coons slammed her – she has no idea about recent SCOTUS decisions…no idea about Federal emergency care act, thinks Russia is a "potentially hostile nation" cannot answer a direct question, is argumentative and rude, snorted and made snide comments, wants to grant citizenship to immigrants already here leagally which is NOT the issue at hand.
its Sarah Palin all over again – talking points and no plan, no substance, no depth
I was prepared for this but not this bad…above all her in-humanity regarding health-care and those less fortunate was a deal breaker for me.
I want an educated, informed representative in the Senate – not a schill for an ideaology.
Agreed, she is just out of her league.
Bansidhe, I lived in the CCCP, or as you say USSR. You don't think Russia is hostile to us? I think Christine was very correct. I think you need the education. Russia had universal health care. There was a shortage of doctors, so a wink-and-a-nod allowed bribes to be paid raising their incomes above the standard $20/month (everyone except Moscow and St. Pete residents made $20 a month). The Statists restricted medical development, technology. It was like everything else. Everyone had a 20" television, but the government couldn't afford enough televisions for everyone. But those that had, were equal!
and as a russian you know that russia could not keep up with the us and that corruption and bribes are just a cost of business.
Bryan you fool! Didn't your hear what Quasimodo says?? You and Chris Coons the "Bearded Marxist" want to put the US in the same backwards state that the Former Soviet Union was in and is still recovering from. A vote for Coons is a vote for Marxist failed ideology. I don't want to vote for Harry Reid's Pet.
I can't believe she said that Delawareans want off-shore drilling, no down-state person wants that. She mentioned Virginia when she's supposed to be supporting Delaware!!!
Drill baby drill. you also can't forget her nod to palin by mentioning that alaska wants to drill more of their wilderness away.
Not showing the last 1/3 of the debate = FAIL. Chris Satullo, if this is your idea of "Civic Dialogue," you missed the mark.
I want to see the debate!!!! I can't believe WHYY stopped showing it! Show Delaware our candidates!!
it is on delawareonline.com. though the servers are really pushing it.
Really? People are using the term "idiots"? Am I in a room with 11-year olds?
yup, the faithful from DO have come to whyy.
I don't like either candidate & have actually considered not voting for the first time. However, O'Donnell came across as "less of a kook" than I expected, & Chris Coons came across as more snide than expected. O'Donnell I would not even consider. I can not vote for Coons because of the huge cuts in spending for public libraries, the abolishment of tax breaks for elderly homeowners and his rubber stamping for developers.
Are you commenting straight from the silverside road office?
A vote for Christine will be a vote to improve the economy and give the power to decide issues back in the hands of local governments where most of these issues belong. Big government ObamaPelosiRiedized is a truly scary monster that wants to take our freedom to choose our own doctors and medical insurance away, among other liberties we hold dear. Let's feed folks like Bryan to the monster! If you want a socialist government you can go elsewhere and take the monster with you.
A vote for Christine will be a vote for a person who is obviously mentally unbalanced. I don't know much about this Coons fellow, but I do know that I would just about vote Hitler v2.0 into office rather than Christine.
I give a failing to grade to WHYY. The debate is still going on you idiots. No one wants to see these talking-heads discuss the debate.
Campaign shouldn't disclose their donors Christine? Why? Is it that your campaign is being propped up by out of staters and large businesses instead of delaware residents.
Who's the amateur that decided it would be more informative to hear pundits summarize how the candidates 'did' while the candidates are still doing ? You do the voters a disservice by not airing the entire debate. Please return to the live debate immediately. Thanks.
And who are those three pundidoits on TV ? geez
They did that because Christine was kicking Chris Coons butt!
I'm listening to the commentary after the debate. The bias against O'donnel is incredabal. You freakin liberals are digusting and should be banned from America. The Liberals, Communist, leftist have ruined America, but what is so sad you don't realize it. Public schools, unions have driven business out of the US, morals have gone to crap on and onand on. I rather die than vote for a Democrat!!!!
Our country has been ruined by those and most of the time it is republicans that allowed businesses to run wild. Businesses have chosen to make more profits by off-shoring jobs. Private insurance companies have been putting businesses and individuals into dire straits.
Clinton passed Nafta, Clinton allowed China into the WTO….Now which party was responsible for off shoring jobs?
The framework for NAFTA was drafted by Bush Sr, more republicans passed NAFTA; all that Clinton did was put ink the paper.
China was allowed into the WTO in Dec '01, during dubya's first term and a gop controlled house.
The Republicans are the ones that are responsible for allowing businesses to benefit by firing US workers and shipping their jobs out of country.
Businesses have been greedy when run by greedy people but a business alone is not an evil thing! It's the people who make something evil or good! Business run under correct morals creates jobs and helps the economy without government interference! If business is so bad why does Obama want to buy out so many. He is a power hungry scam artist and wants the government to control everything just like the former USSR! Chris Coons is just another incarnation of the same failed ideologies.
Also, I wish people would actually read Marx and socialist literature before making ignorant and outrageous claims. Again, more talking points…
no talkin points. Socialism has failed. Don't you get it you idiot!
You obviously have some anger management issues. And you are obviously ignorant of countries outside our own where socialism and social democracy is alive and well and working just fine.
Do you even know what socialism is?
Socialism is when only 50 percent of the people in this country pay taxes…socialism is when we illegal aliens receive benefits…
socialism is when Chris coons raises my property taxes to have Male fasion shows.
Cinc do you even know what the male fasion show was? It is a youth group's annuel banquet that honors those that help youth in delaware. are you against helping at risk youths?
Your assertions with the classification of our economy and the amount that the lowest tax bracket pays are just comical wrong.
go back to the debate. Who cares what three "experts" think!!! I would rather hear what the candidates have to say!
Why have Richard Cathcart on the post debate round session? His bias is so thick you can barely cut it with a chainsaw.
I agree that we should be privy to the students' questions.
Why did Coons not mention anything about O'Donnell's annoyingly continuous use of misleading talking points such as "Obamacare"? Also, using the term "alien" is completely denigrating. These are people we’re talking about. O'Donnell is just a more articulate (which is not saying much) Sarah Palin.
She looks like a moron when she says it in the public, in a debate.
coons is again a tax and spend liberal u idiot.
and christine is a typical tea party canidate, big on slogans and no content. if being a well-informed, educated voter; yes I am a liberal.
Also how is a supply sider that supports only the prosperity of the rich and big business a good thing?
Agreed, call it what it is; by it's proper name. A debate should be about intelligent, articulate points. Not rhetoric and talking points
u are an idiot liberal and it shows.
You apparently do not know how to properly spell or form a sentence.
Talking about spelling and grammatical structure and being "Holier-Than-Thou"; while at the same time making these errors on your own blog entry is typical hypocrisy which comes from eating up the pig-slop of the liberal agenda.
These are people who enter the country illegally…and receive benefits without paying taxes…They do not attempt to learn the language or assimilate…It makes a mockery of our country…
And Coons was not going to give them citizenship. He wants them to learn English.
A mockery of our country is to debate and debate and not do anything to solve the problem.
Why are we watching pundits and hosts offering their opinions instead of hearing the candidates speak?! WHYY you have failed your mission and your viewers and the voters in Delaware and you have insulted the students at the University of Delaware.
AGREED!!!
PUT THE DEBATE BACK ON!!!
Offer your opinions after or on-line!
They didn't want to show their PET getting his butt kicked by a girl! Typical liberal hypocrisy once again! They say they are for women's rights UNLESS the woman is a tea party conservative! GOD forbid she has a brain and actually has reads and understands the constitution! Then she is enemy #1…
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? Why would WHYY cut out the last 30 minutes of the debate. Unbelievable. This talking head show is more important than the student questions?
Why is CNN sponsoring a debate and not showing it?
They were showing it but the miners were finally all on the surface so they cut to that.
it will be rebroadcast at 11, it was also on DO
instead of having a pundit telling us what to think, why don;t you let us SEE the candidates speak? I could not care less what your moderator or pundit think. I DO care very much what the candidates have to say. You are public television, not a cable channel. Come on, WHYY serve the viewers better!
The US is China's largest customer. If we stop off-shoring jobs to China, we will stop increasing China's position in the world. Also, our need for funds to pay for that war over their is why China has a large portion of our debt.
sure, stop off-shoring jobs. But then are you ready to pay $80 at a minimum for your shoes? $5 for plates, etc??
Again, it's more complicated then that.. With so many Americans out of work, and with little money, the US people can't afford it
Are New Balances $80 a minimum? No. They are well made American shoes and not anymore expensive than shoes made in East Asia.
Dinnerware costs atleast $4 or $5 a plate and they are US made.
If we as americans buy products made domestically, we will help americans stay employed. we also need to stop giving tax benefits for companies to fire us workers so that their jobs can be sent somewhere else.
The administration stopped the virtual border because it is not going to be effective and will be wasteful. There is already a similar network in some places, and it doesn't work when they just find a hole.
Did ODonnell, basically say that we shouldn't accept people into Emergency Rooms if they don't have health care?
Yup, she just did.
no she didn't you biasede dope.
Wow… you can't even spell biased. Your obviously an O'Donnell supporter… just as uneducated and foolish as her. Want to close the Department of Education eh? Yeah… About that…
Yes she did, I just re-watched her comment, just because people can't afford health care or decide not to pay for it doesn't mean they don't deserve the basic decency of proper ER treatment. We are not a third world country, all should be able to enter an ER and be able to be treated.
she said that if you can't afford it, oh well.
o'DONNEL DID WELL. oBVIOSULY THE whyy REPORTER ASKING HER QUESTIONS WAS BIASED. sHE ATTENDS THE SAME COCKTAIL PARTIES AS THE CAREER POLITICIANS IN DELWARE TOWN…iT'S TIME TO THROW THE nORTH WILMINGTON ARCHMERE CROWD OUT OF OFFICE…tHEY DON'T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE…tHEY CARE ABOUT THEIR CRONIES!
O'Donnell said that in the case of a person coming into the ER who decided not to purchase insurance- should the ER be able to kick them out?
-You can't have your cake and eat it to, you can't say that people should not be forced to pay for insurance, but also say they can't be denied coverage!! O'Donnell said her program/answer would be for them to be able to buy "disaster coverage"?
Does she not think and/or did no one else realize that that IS BUYING INSURANCE?!?!?
Yes, she thought that she could slide that by and that no one would notice that it doesn't make sense. She does that quite a bit no matter how much she prepared for this debate she is not capable of winning this election even if she a had a shadow of a chance before.
Oh really? Then why has Coons dropped so dramatically in the poll after debating O'Donnell? And why has he said he will no longer debate her? Because he is getting his butt kicked that's why!
christine doesn't understand that can't own a house without a job, how can we expect that she knows how insurance works?
No she did not! She was cut off before she could make her point.
How is that any different than what HMOs in the 90's and what private insurances do now? They deny treatment if it costs them too much.
With healthcare insurance you pay the cost of others already, that is how insurance works.
Healthcare costs are better controlled by medicare and medicaid.
For both candidates:
Many universities are extremely expensive especially for students paying for school on their own. As a graduate from this past May, I worry how I am going to be able to make these payments in this poor job climate. What would you do to help college students with their private and government loans?
What are their views on using government student loans as a business to earn money for government, is this something that encourages students to get a college education that will put them in debt?
Obamacare?
Companies are dropping healthcare because insurance companies keep charging more and more. The costs have been spiraling out of control for the last decade. Businesses are increasing costs, not legislation; anyone that thinks otherwise is in the pocket of business.
I can tell you that NCC under Chris Coons does the same thing…hiring part time people so they do not have to pay healthcare…it is a vicious cycle…
every government hires depending on what works best for the tax payers. the role of government is to rule efficiently.
you can't say that coons runs the county efficiently and then say he wastes money.
If Big Government would butt out of business and stop making it a requirement for Full Time employees to have full health coverage and full benefits as well as overtime pay companies could pay employees more and create more jobs. If you get paid more you can afford your own benefits! As it is the Big government regulations only hurt the employee because companies will only hire part-time so they don't have to pay for all the government regulated benefits. I have seen 18-25 year olds who can't live at home with mom and dad anymore trying to juggle 3-4 jobs just to pay rent, car insurance and get something to eat! It is sad. And it's all because the government sticks it's nose in where it does not belong. Chris Coons ran NCC into the ground while at the same time using the sneaky tactics we see in some sectors of business. I want to know where all that money went to, someone should do an investigation of that!
Neither canidate has said the truth about the budget. With American troops out of Iraq, we will no longer be spending 10B a month. Since Delaware has opened the casinos, massive revenue has been accrued.
The state will of course be out of the red soon. It won't be because of a new policy from either canidate. The fed will have significant surplus money. It won't be because of who Delaware sends to Washington .
Christine live in Greenville, the last time she lived in Wilmington was back in '08 when her home was foreclosed on.
Does Christine know how teacher unions work? The leadership are teachers. Each school has union meetings where teachers bring up issues that they have.
Does Christine know that students in her own county have school choice? Pushing students to charters do not always work.
Anyone who has worked with the school system can tell you that the union is useless in terms of supporting teachers.
so the claim that is hard to get a public worker fired because of unions is untrue? what is your flavor of cake?
aND oRLANDO gEORGE DISERVES 500k TO RUN dEL tECH GIVE ME A BREAK!
Unions do not make decisions on how much a college president makes. His pay shows how much he was able to convince his fellow state politicians in dover to pay him what he wants. I do not believe that his compensation should be as high as it is. I feel that the highest paid employee in the state should be the governor, and not by a $1 or $100 or $1000.
So the President of Del Tech's Salary was approved by the Senate in Dover which is controlled by the democrats, and Minner and Carney at the time…so Bryan which party is wasting taxpayer money on education…PS, everyone knows Lonnie is a good ole democrat
Those comments were a decade ago, a decade and a half ago was when Christine converted to Christianity. Also, Christine has spoken on many other shows in the last 5 years where her statements are far more damaging.
Hey look, Christine is avoiding the questions.
A random time withdraw is how it is done. You can not force a withdraw of troops in a set time.
We were not fighting the soviets in Afghanistan. We did not have troops there.
yOU OBVIOUSLY WORK FOR THE DEMOCRAT MACHINE…
yES WE WERE FIGHTING THE SOVIETS YOU IMBECILE..WE SUPPLIED THE WEAPONS TO THE AFGHANS…tHEN WE CUT AND RUN AFTER THE SOVIETS LEFT INSTEAD OF THEN ASSISTING AFGHAN REBUILD…
do you really want me to reply to that?
You can not say that we were fighting the soviets. We and other countries supported local groups in Afghanistan with money and arms.
Wow she is just repeating her failed ads.
Those non profits she worked for, she started. She sold her house because she was been foreclosed on.
If you do not know how government is funded, do not bring it up. If you do not know how to balance your own finances, do not bring it up?
The Estate Tax only effects 2% of the population, appealing it will not create 1.5 million jobs.
That pizza owner making 300k will pay 9k more when the top tax bracket goes back up 3%. If a business owner will go out of business because their personal income of 300k goes down 9k, that business is already about to go out of business.
How to lower spending to keep down the budget, how about lowering that over trillion dollar direct DOD spending?
10k a family? Sorry hun, but that is fuzzy math that dubya would say is wrong.
cHRIS COONS WANTS TO GO BACK TO THE PAST….
yES REMEMBER WHO PASSED ALL THE ECONOMIC POLICIES…cLINTON…nAFTA, ALLOWING cHINA IN THE wto…dEMOCRATS…AND THE UNIONS STILL VOTE FOR THEM HOW SAID….
nOW NO MANUFACTURING JOBS IN AMERICA…
lET'S NOT FORGET THE CIGARS IN THE WHITEHOUSE
more republicans approved nafta than democrats, the framework for this agreement was made before clinton took office.
China was accepted into the wto in dec '01, which was during dubya's first term and a gop controlled house.