Cardin offers experience and leadership
2006-11-01
Source: Baltimore Sun
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rss feedSomething big is happening in America today. Everywhere I go, people are more attentive, more serious about this election than they have been in a long time. There is a sense that we have finally reached a crossroads in this country - a time when folks are fed up with politicians who are all talk and no action; a time when people yearn for leaders who are ready to stop worrying about their own problems and start solving America's.
This is a moment for leaders like Ben Cardin.
For more than 40 years, Ben Cardin has delivered for the state of Maryland by fighting for a government that is more accountable, more effective and more responsive to the people it represents. He doesn't just talk about change; he's achieved it - reforming Maryland's property taxes, health care system and school finances to help working families during his time in the state legislature.
When he arrived in Congress, he could have kept his head down. He could have tried to score cheap political points. And he could have quietly gone along with this administration as it led us into a misguided and mismanaged Iraq war, exploded our country's debt and left Americans to face rising health care and tuition costs on their own.
But that's not who Ben Cardin is.
When this administration was handing out billions in tax breaks to millionaires who didn't need it, Ben Cardin was able to expand 401(k)s and IRAs to help more workers save for retirement. When health care costs were rising and Republicans looked the other way, Ben Cardin was able to expand Medicare to cover preventive screenings, and has been a leader in fighting to ensure that Medicare can negotiate with drug companies for cheaper prescriptions. And when the president took us to a war based on faulty intelligence and no plan to win the peace, Ben Cardin stood up and said "no."
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