Yes! As a delegate, I studied them both and talked to Gilmore's campaign and Del. Marshall personally. I was very concerned about Marshall's embrace of gloBULL warming. After I told him about the 31,000 scientists actually signing statements debunking the lies he agreed we should also drill ANWR and elsewhere, but claimed it would not bring down gas prices, which I also objected to.
His biggest issue with the war was that the Iraqis should be funding their own rebuilding as they had a $56 million surplus last year. I informed him they were beginning to invest in their own rebuilding. I pointed out that in a mere 2 years the Iraqis seated their government and have taken control of their country, built an economy that gave them that 56 mil and their security forces are taking the lead in securing their country. I asked how much our government had accomplished in those same 2 years and he laughed. He certainly supported the war, but was unaware of the more recent developments. As a citizen legislator with a job and campaigning I can understand that, as one needs to search for the good news on Iraq. He did ask that I send him the info I referred to, which I did.
My biggest problem with Gilmore is this --
Gilmore also plans to link himself to presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain, a senator from Arizona.
along with Gilmore shuns Bush in race for Senate.
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Well, if you're going to align youself with someone it is better to link up with the head of the ticket rather than a president with dismal approval ratings. Heck, even McCain is doing his best to be seen with Bush as little as possible. The President's role in the upcoming campaign will be as a fundraiser only. I'd me mildly surprised if he appears live at the convention.