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Senator Patty Murray: "The Gloves Are Off."
Correction: In my notes, I wrote that Murray said she worried that Republicans would move forward with "things we can't afford" if they took power. In fact, she said "tax cuts," not "things." I regret the error.
US Sen. Patty Murray, who's in a tough fight against GOP challenger Dino Rossi (recent polling is going Rossi's way), met with "online journalists," including PubliCola, this morning to talk about her campaign, the bailout, and the stimulus package, among other issues.
What was noteworthy about Murray today–in addition to the fact that she feels the need to meet with a group of bloggers that included Democratic partisans like David "Show us your tennis shoes" Goldstein of HorsesAss, Joan McCarter from DailyKos, Eli Sanders at the Slog, and Andrew Villeneuve of Northwest Progressive Institute—was her angry, even sarcastic tone in response to questions about her GOP opponent Rossi.
For example, asked about her vote for the Wall Street bailout (which Rossi has called a waste of spending that didn't produce jobs), Murray said, "We were losing 700,000 jobs a month. We are now coming to a point where ... we are putting jobs back in the plus side. [Rossi] wants us to believe that the world started the day President Obama took office."
Regarding the campaign, Murray said, "the gloves are off. We have a choice in this state now to elect somebody who'd doing due diligence and hard work, and ... someone who has a simplistic view of the world, who wants to work maybe half a day a week, maybe Wednesday mornings.
"What we cannot do," Murray continued, "is promise that your house is going to be worth more ... or that unemployment is going to drop to 3 percent if you elect me. I don't believe in selling people dreams that can't be reached. What I can do is tell people from my state that I'm fighting for them."
What if Murray loses (a very real possibility, given polls that show Rossi and Murray neck and neck)? "My greatest fear is that they would repeal Wall Street reform and we would go back to a place where consumers would have no protections whatsoever ... I'm very fearful that they would move forward with things that we couldn't afford."
David Goldstein posted a full audio of the interview at HorsesAss.
US Sen. Patty Murray, who's in a tough fight against GOP challenger Dino Rossi (recent polling is going Rossi's way), met with "online journalists," including PubliCola, this morning to talk about her campaign, the bailout, and the stimulus package, among other issues.
What was noteworthy about Murray today–in addition to the fact that she feels the need to meet with a group of bloggers that included Democratic partisans like David "Show us your tennis shoes" Goldstein of HorsesAss, Joan McCarter from DailyKos, Eli Sanders at the Slog, and Andrew Villeneuve of Northwest Progressive Institute—was her angry, even sarcastic tone in response to questions about her GOP opponent Rossi.
For example, asked about her vote for the Wall Street bailout (which Rossi has called a waste of spending that didn't produce jobs), Murray said, "We were losing 700,000 jobs a month. We are now coming to a point where ... we are putting jobs back in the plus side. [Rossi] wants us to believe that the world started the day President Obama took office."
Regarding the campaign, Murray said, "the gloves are off. We have a choice in this state now to elect somebody who'd doing due diligence and hard work, and ... someone who has a simplistic view of the world, who wants to work maybe half a day a week, maybe Wednesday mornings.
"What we cannot do," Murray continued, "is promise that your house is going to be worth more ... or that unemployment is going to drop to 3 percent if you elect me. I don't believe in selling people dreams that can't be reached. What I can do is tell people from my state that I'm fighting for them."
What if Murray loses (a very real possibility, given polls that show Rossi and Murray neck and neck)? "My greatest fear is that they would repeal Wall Street reform and we would go back to a place where consumers would have no protections whatsoever ... I'm very fearful that they would move forward with things that we couldn't afford."
David Goldstein posted a full audio of the interview at HorsesAss.
