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yourout

(7,534 posts)
Mon Aug 13, 2012, 09:27 PM Aug 2012

Need a little help....Roys or Pocan?

Still unsure which one I am going to vote for.

Both would be good I think but short of flipping a coin I don't know which way to go.

I like the idea of having more women in government(I am a male) and I think the world would be a better place if women ran the show.

I like the idea of a Rep willing to go on the attack but I am not fond of Roys going negative against a fellow Dem.

Pocan seems like a good person and I have no qualms about voting for him as well.

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Need a little help....Roys or Pocan? (Original Post) yourout Aug 2012 OP
They are both good Democrats with a history of activism. undeterred Aug 2012 #1
Thanks for the info......tough choice in a good way. yourout Aug 2012 #2
I like Pocan but will happily support Roys AllyCat Aug 2012 #3

undeterred

(34,658 posts)
1. They are both good Democrats with a history of activism.
Mon Aug 13, 2012, 10:40 PM
Aug 2012

I think more will vote for Pocan simply because he has paid his dues. He's been in the Assembly for 14 years and Roys has been in for 4 years. He seems to have great enthusiasm for public service and has learned how to work with people across the aisle. He has attended ALEC conferences to get a handle on what the right is doing. He is bold and outspoken, and if he is elected I think we will proudly see clips of Marc on national news making passionate speeches in the House. He's supported a lot of things in the State Assembly that I would love to see come up in the House of Representatives.

And it doesn't hurt that he is a gay man.. gays are also under-represented in government, and Madison is one of the few places where people are not going to hold that against a candidate at all.

I really don't like Roys negative ads, but the main reason I'm voting for Pocan is that he has more experience.

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/column/mark-pocan-effectively-fighting-for-progressive-values/article_1a85baa0-e000-11e1-ad11-0019bb2963f4.html

I like Mike Quieto for Dane County clerk and Dave Patrick de Felice for Dane County Treasurer.

http://mike4daneclerk.com/
http://www.lwvdanecounty.org/content/dane-county-treasurer


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