Dick Lugar Supports Georgia Democrat for Senate

[Leadeye]

You get to thinking dc is how the rest of the country should be if you spend enough time there.

 

[rambone]

Lugar endorsed Obama, remember?

Anyway, here is some info on the latest endorsement, Michelle Nunn. She sounds like a mainstream Republican actually. Granted, I'm sure its mostly campaign rhetoric. The most damning thing I have read about her is that Lugar likes her (which is pretty damning).

Michelle Nunn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Making reference to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Nunn said that some aspects of it should be fixed, but that it should not be eliminated, and she criticized Georgia's refusal to accept Medicaid expansion under the act.[SUP][32][/SUP] Following the start-up problems with the associated Healthcare.gov website, Nunn broke with the Obama administration and said that the individual mandate portion of the law should be delayed.[SUP][35][/SUP] On Same-sex marriage, she said she personally favored marriage equality, but that the decision should be made on a state-by-state basis.[SUP][32][/SUP]

As CEO of Points of Light, Nunn has good relations with the Bush family, as the Points of Light Foundation had derived from President George H. W. Bush and his "thousand points of light" philosophy.[SUP][29][/SUP] Nunn's trip to Texas to meet with George H. W. Bush had been a key element in forming the merger. Neil Bush, the chair of Points of Light, has characterized Nunn as "a fabulous leader" (although he did not endorse, or oppose, her subsequent Senate candidacy).[

Jobs and Growth | Michelle Nunn

Deregulation. We need to make is easier for self-employed workers and small businesses to work and create jobs. They are often overwhelmed by complicated regulations. We need to do a better job of assessing the cost of government regulations before any new ones are imposed as well as undertake a thorough review of the regulations that impact all businesses to ensure that they are necessary, streamlined, and have a minimal impact on job creation.

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She also supports raising the minimum wage.