9/15/11 - Trust
I was on In The Arena today with my GOP counterpart, Charlie Webster. Say what you want about Charlie, but the man stays on message. You could ask him what he had for breakfast and he'd answer with, "Well, I'm just looking out for the guys who drive a truck."
We mixed it up on Same Day Registration, NY-9 and the American Jobs Act. The toughest thing about the public role of this job was on display: how do you debate someone so removed from reality? Bottom line, we have no voter fraud, the stimulus worked, and the President is proposing to put a lot of money in the pockets of the middle class and small businesses.
I think the answer has to be trust. Maine people are savvy, and if you talk to them like adults and leave the sensationalism in the drawer, you will have the credibility and win the trust. I'm never going to win a gregarious-ness contest with Charlie, but I will be the guy who you believe when it's over.
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