Kagen, "Together We Will" Read The Green Bay Press Gazette

Seems like Steve Kagen has lost an endorsement. "Together we will" read their editorial.

The paper points out one of Mr. Kagen's downfalls. No follow through and ( not sure how to phrase it ) no gonads! Their quote "but a majority-party freshman in a swing district should be able to get at least a hearing on his top priority."

"Editorial: John Gard has the skills to lead 8th Cong. District

October 23, 2008 " Editorial: John Gard has the skills to lead 8th Cong. District | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press-Gazette

Two years ago, this newspaper said John Gard was the better choice to represent Northeastern Wisconsin’s interests in Washington. We still believe that’s true.

Gard, who represented us credibly during 19 years in the Wisconsin Assembly, including two terms as speaker, is back on the 8th Congressional District ballot after allergist Steve Kagen defeated him by a narrow margin in 2006.

Rep. Kagen, D-Appleton, has done an acceptable job, but we think Gard is more attuned to the people of the district.

When he met with the Green Bay Press-Gazette editorial board, Congress had just passed the big bailout bill, which Kagen to his credit voted against. Gard expressed concerns that the bill put too much power in the hands of the treasury secretary, contains no fundamental reform, and places all of the risk with the public and all of the reward with Wall Street chief executive officers.

Wasting no words, Gard called for an investigation and even criminal prosecution in what he described as the corruption scandal at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the giant mortgage holding companies that were taken over and rescued earlier this summer by the federal government. He faulted the Democratic Congress for not recognizing the warning signs in advance and for not building more accountability into the proposed solution. We share those concerns, although we wish Gard had come out and acknowledged the executive branch also shares some blame.

Gard laid out an agenda in line with the values of Northeastern Wisconsin. For example, he favors alternative and renewable energy research but in the short term advocates a more aggressive pursuit of the fossil fuels that power most of our existing machines; Kagen is a late convert to domestic drilling.

On immigration their positions are remarkably similar — secure the borders first, crack down on illegal entry, and make legal immigration easier to accomplish. But Congress made precious little progress in this area over the past two years, and Kagen is the one who must answer for that.

In fact, it’s hard to state succinctly, “This is what Rep. Kagen did with his two years in Washington.” He did introduce his centerpiece “No Discrimination in Health Care Act” (H.R. 5449), but it was referred to committee and never took another step toward consideration. Sure, it’s hard for a freshman congressman to get a proposal through the House, but a majority-party freshman in a swing district should be able to get at least a hearing on his top priority.

In 19 years John Gard figured out how to get laws passed in Wisconsin, and we remain confident he can take those skills to the federal level.

Thank you Green Bay Press Gazette for coming out with the John Gard endorsement. At least someone in the MSM takes a stand and explains their view. Logical and to the point. What the people of the 8th can understand.

Reading from the P G "In Your Voice" section after the endorsement, the left seems to be a little FLUMMOXED!

OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!

When will they say they will drop their subscription of the Green Bay Press? Might be time for conservatives to pick up the paper version again.

Cross posted to B L