U.S. Senate: Jim Neal

“Neal promises that if elected to the US Senate, he will use technology to manage health care; expand insurance to all Americans; improve preventative medicine; protect Social Security from privatization; focus on energy independence; withdraw from Iraq; increase job security for middle-class families; protect clean water and air; focus on “hometown wealth” and rural entrepreneurship; promote an increase in Pell grants and “targeted federal research grants”; “scrap No Child Left Behind”; and push for more focus on community colleges.

When asked if he would have voted to confirm US Attorney General Judge Mukasey, Neal said, “Hell, no! I wouldn’t support anybody who has to parse words about whether or not water-boarding is torture.” Neal is also opposed to immunity for telecom companies.

“Our current leadership is asleep at the switch. There are crucial decisions that need to be made by experienced professionals. As an entrepreneur, I’ve learned how one manages change to make the difference between falling behind and leaping ahead of the competition.”

Jim Neal visited Boone and was smart and appealing. He claims he will win based on grassroots support in spite of Hagan’s money and insider endorsements. At a recent Young Democrats Convention, James Carville suggested that Kay Hagan was the only viable candidate, not knowing Neal was in the room. Neal responded, “We have primaries here in North Carolina. We don’t have coronations.” http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/jim_vs_james”

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