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Edited on Mon Mar-14-05 06:44 PM by MissMarple
Posturing coming from the right or from the left is getting old. The state has big problems, we need to elect people who are serious about addressing them. And I'm tired of the National Republican Party dictating what goes on in this state.
We need a consistent, intelligible campaign informing folks what their votes get for them in their everyday lives. What are the problems with the bankruptcy law, what is a better solution. Colorado is underfunding Medicaid and what does that do for rural hospitals, for their local doctors? Transportation infrastructure is underfunded, so, why are the local bridges unstable, highways crumbling? How about Internet access for rural Colorado? Can you do two loads of laundry while you are waiting for something to download? That is just a start. I'm sure you all can think of quite a few more examples, like CSAP. Do you know that kids in high school here not taking that test this week have very few classes? What is that all about?
It boils down to what has the Republican Party done for us, and what can the Democratic Party do to ameliorate that?
All this insistence on ideological purity....it's ...not helpful. Pragmatic progressivism has helped this country before, and it is past time to start employing it in Colorado today. I don't care about touchy feely bills that are aimed at huge problems, but are practically window dressing. One is the bill about Colorado not doing business with companies that outsource. I'm sure they mean well, but it just doesn't get to the core of the problem.
Sorry if that sounded like something of a rant... but I guess it was. :-)
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