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Originally Posted by Jefferson  Hey - I was going to ask.
DID THE NICE LADY WIN? | According to the Vermont Guardian, the nice man won. I read about half the article, but it didn't mention the campaign as being a positive one. Sigh. We need more nice people in our government, not nasty ones.
Wait, I did a search on the page for "positive" and came up with this, about halfway down the page: Quote:
Nationally, Vermont’s campaign for the open seat in Congress was seen as the most positive in a year of negative ads.
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“We’ve received compliments across this state for running a positive issues oriented campaign. Because we knew Vermonters demanded it, they wanted it, and once again Vermont is setting a standard about how political debate should occur on very tough issues,” Welch told an enthusiastic throng of voters election night.
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Welch said he and Rainville had a brief discussion and he thanked her for running a clean campaign.
Both ran an issues-oriented campaign, but on key issues like the war in Iraq, Welch struck out early with a clear position on getting troops out of Iraq and calling for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to be fired.
| I think the two candidates should be congratulated for giving their fellow citizens the kind of campaign we all want. Here's their contact info from Congress.org (I hope their offices are deluged with mail!):
Martha Rainville
Website: Union Street Media - Real Estate Website Design
Email: info@martharainville.com
Phone: (802) 878-9682
Address:
PO Box 505
Williston, VT 05495
Peter Welch
Website: Peter Welch for U.S. Congress | Welch for Congress
Email: info@welchforcongress.com
Phone: (802) 658-0600
Address:
184 Battery Street
Montpelier, VT 05401 |