Conn. Dem counts on Iraq to unseat Shays

[ProSense]

March 7, 2006

Conn. Dem counts on Iraq to unseat Shays

By Jonathan E. Kaplan

Republican Rep. Christopher Shays’s likely Democratic opponent, Diane Farrell, challenged the Connecticut congressman last week to debate President Bush’s Iraq policy at some point in the next month.

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“Chris has been carrying the president’s water since the beginning and accusing people of politicizing Iraq if they’re critical. Chris needs to account for his position,” she added.

Shays replied to Farrell’s challenge in a statement saying that he had just finished holding 20 community meetings “during which he did exactly what suggests and had a very open and good dialogue with constituents on and many other important issues.”

“There will be plenty of opportunity for debates in the fall,” Shays’s campaign manager said.

Farrell, replying in a statement, shot back: “It is unfortunate that Chris is choosing to hide in Washington, D.C., behind President Bush … instead of meeting me for an honest discussion about our very deep differences on the Iraq war. The people who lose out with Chris’s refusal to this debate are the people of the 4th District.”

http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Campaign/030706_shays.html

So he doesn't plan to address this until the fall?

[msongs]

1. way to go Ms Farrell - you should be dems house leader :-)

start demanding explanations. good example for the already elected but oh so docile dems in congress.

Msongs
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[The_Casual_Observer]

2. By the fall shays and the rest of of jr's apologists will be saying

"I never met mr. bush". It's going to be a long hot summer.