U.S. Senate: Stabenow remains an energetic voice for mid-Michiga
2006-10-16
Source: Lansing State Journal
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rss feedSix years ago, the LSJ Editorial Board posed three key questions for voters to consider in picking their next U.S. senator:
Who will make health care and education a higher priority? Who will better safeguard Social Security? Who identifies best with average Michiganians.
Six years ago, the clear choice was then-Rep. Debbie Stabenow over then-Sen. Spencer Abraham.
Today, the choice remains clear: now-Sen. Debbie Stabenow over Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard.
We endorse Debbie Stabenow for another six-year term in the U.S. Senate.
Much has changed about the world and the work of the U.S. Senate since that 2000 campaign. In the post-9/11 world, questions of national security, civil liberties and foreign policy have moved much more to the forefront.
But the basic equation remains the same: Which candidate better reflects mid-Michigan thinking; mid-Michigan interests?
Stabenow does.
The Lansing Democrat did not vote for the Iraq invasion because she, like so many others (including this board) was not convinced of that invasion's place in the fight against terror. But with the U.S. invested into Iraq, she rightly argues an immediate exit would do more harm than good: "My message (would be) that we are not there forever. The Iraqis must make some tough political decisions," she told the LSJ during a recent interview.
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