I voted for him too. He was a much better candidate than any of the GOP candidates. I've not been disappointed in him . He seems to be genuine and I've met and talked to him privately. I wish he would switch parties. His pro-union connections may be why he does not.
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I told my husband that I thought he was more Republican than Democrat, but it would be hard to win as a Republican in this state. Some have done it, but not a lot.
I would love to know what you thought of him after speaking to him privately.
I spent some time discussing tourism and the four-laning of Rt 35 with him at a Chamber of Comm. meeting. He was very very attentive and did not appear to be in a hurry to move on. He was very pleasant and I felt that he was genuine. I am usually able to get a "sense" of people pretty quickly. It's part of my job as well as due to a lot of years of experience interacting with thousands of people. Politicians are notorious for appearing one way and being another, but I got the same sense of Joe as I get from Dubya. He's religious, pro-life, small gov., social conservative. If he ever ran for president I would feel comfortable voting for him.