John Greene
John Greene
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He's conservative by temperament; many of his policy positions, such as cutting taxes, are on the right side of the political spectrum. But he doesn't have a consistent set of conservative principles. That's what a lot of the complaint has been about, especially after the State of the Union.
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A lot has changed between 2004 and 2006. President Bush is not nearly as popular. There are scandals in Washington. The war in Iraq is lingering on. And there are other policy problems. So it may very well be that Republicans will look to social issues, and phenomena like the marriage amendments, as being especially important in an environment where they don't have as many things going for them.
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My sense is that at least in this state, Kerry is playing to tie on the foreign policy questions and the so-called values issues, the shorthand for which is God and guns. He comes into Ohio and he talks about being a sportsman, he talks about his military record, he talks about his faith, but he probably can't win on those issues,
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Issues are really a way of invoking values. To a lot of ordinary citizens, policy discussions are way beyond them or they are too worried about their own situation to follow the specifics ... Many argue that elections now are all about values, in the broadest sense.
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A lot of Republicans think there's enough controversy on the table anyway, without having to add the abortion issue.
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If we had had the timely hit, we were right there. We just didn't get it.
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He wanted to serve his country, ... If that's what he had to do, that's what he had to do.
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There's a lot of investment money out there right now. People really have done well the past four or five years and they recognize that northern Colorado is going to keep growing. So there is a lot of commercial building out there that is attracting investment money.
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It's still early in the process, ... Senator Inhofe is going to have to sit up and listen.
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This is not a new phenomenon, in Ohio, and in fact in most of the Midwest, there has been a decline in manufacturing jobs for 25 years. But the recent recession exacerbated the decline and while the economy generally appears to be improving, it's recovering more slowly in this area, meaning Ohio and the job recovery or jobs are lagging behind the rest of the economic numbers.
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It's not at all untypical for multiple groups to form among Christian conservatives or other groups as well. There may be slightly different goals.
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Initially, this helps Bush because it has him taking charge, showing leadership, marshaling the power of his office.
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Some Democrats are beginning to salivate too much, ... They still have to make good on their opportunity.
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Many evangelicals label the Latter-Day Saints as a cult, This could create a problem for him.