Congressional candidates debate from left to right

Danville Express (Danville CA) ^ | Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 9:57 AM | Dave Roberts

[cc2k]

The five candidates seeking to represent the 10th Congressional District break down into a group of three on the left and two on the right as revealed in a forum at Saint Mary's College on Monday night.

Ranging from political left to right are: self-described socialist Mary McIlroy from El Cerrito of the Peace and Freedom Party; Jeremy Cloward from Pleasant Hill of the Green Party; liberal Democrat John Garamendi from Walnut Grove; conservative Republican David Harmer, a San Ramon resident; and libertarian Jerry Denham from Walnut Creek, representing the American Independent Party.

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Garamendi joined with McIlroy and Cloward in supporting the proposed government-run health care plan now making its way through Congress.

"The public option is necessary," said Garamendi. "We need not be frightened about it. Every senior is involved in a public option that works well – it's called Medicare."

Harmer opposes government-run health care, saying it would replace insurance companies' privately run bureaucracies "with one mammoth government bureaucracy." He supports increasing competition by allowing insurance to be purchased across state lines, favors reducing lawsuits for medical malpractice, and wants to remove the tax penalty for those purchasing insurance outside of a company plan. Denham argued that the federal government has no power under the U.S. Constitution to be involved with health care and a variety of other issues.

[cc2k]

This is a race that the NRCC and RNC are ignoring. They have an opportunity here to flip a seat from the Democrats.

The polling has this race very close (single digit margin in a district that usually goes 2 to 1 for the Democrat). With some investment in adverstising and getting out the vote, Harmer could pull an upset.

Check the other threads below for more information about this race.

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I support David Harmer for California’s 10th Congressional District (donations). He is a conservative candidate who has been a fellow at the Heritage Foundation and the Cato institute. He is committed to controlling spending, promoting economic growth, and free market solutions to todays problems.

I am also contacting the NRCC to ask why they are supporting Scozzafava in the race in upstate New York, and why they are ignoring David Harmer in this close race in California’s 10th district. Here are the numbers if anyone else wants to call:

Info from the NRCC "contact us" web page:

Contact the NRCC

Address:

320 First Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003

General Email:
website@nrcc.org

Phone:
Phone: 202-479-7000

Also, perhaps those of us who donated to the RNC or RCCC should ask for our money back so we can support the conservative candidates of our choice.

Other threads related to this California 10th District race:
• CA 10: Less Attention On That 'Other' Special House Race
• Why a Harmer Win Would Be Huge
• David Harmer Could Use Some Last Minute Help in California (conservative-close race in California)
• CD10: NRCC support for Harmer remains modest
• Bay Area Conservatives Rally [CA10]
• Race to replace Tauscher may be closer than first thought
• [CA] District 10 candidates talk health care, peripheral canal in cordial debate
• David Harmer Might Be Running the Right Race at the Right Time
• Voters swing against Democrats as Obama charm fades
• Forum with David Harmer and John Garamendi
• Calif. race in New York's shadow
• An Upset in California?
• Numerous seats at stake [a special election the GOP has ignored]
• Harmer no stranger to policy and politics
• 10th District Congress Seat Special Election Nears

More threads ...

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From the desk of cc2k:

Candidates I support: Doug Hoffman for Congress, NY 23rd (PayPal), David Harmer for Congress, CA 10th (website for info). Please, spread the word about these important special elections on November 3, 209: New York’s 23rd congressional district and California’s 10th congressional district.