Granite Staters need to be convinced, and they are not easily impressed.
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Speaking via video link and addressing the crowd gathered at the Problem Solver Convention arranged by the non-profit group No Labels, the former Maryland governor said he achieved results in lowering crime and improving education by employing a “circle of collaboration” focused on what works, and would take the same approach in tackling income inequality and other national problems as president.
Mr. Lieberman acknowledged the episode upset many Democrats who said that No Labels overstepped its role as a nonpartisan group.
Reporters crowd Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a No Labels conference on October. 12 in Manchester, N.H.
Perhaps the most interesting component of this campaign without a candidate is that it’s built entirely on -problem-solving. The study found that one-third of Republicans and 27 percent of Democrats think the other side “is a threat to our nation’s well-being”. “That’s the model. We don’t see it now”. It’s bent the system until it’s almost broken.
On the Republican side, Sen.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) gushed about working with Democrats in his state a characterization they might challenge.
Jim Webb at 3:30 p.m. Sanders praised bipartisanship then stuck to his regular talking points, not seeming to know that audience members wanted to ask him questions remotely. How do you intend to stop fighting and start fixing? “Right now in Washington we have an attitude that to compromise is to capitulate, but it’s not the case”.
Monday’s convention is historic not only because it was the first of its kind, but also because of the enthusiasm exhibited by citizens exhausted of the status quo politics.
The goal of the Problem Solver Convention on Monday, hosted by the No Labels bipartisan advocacy organization, was to get eight presidential candidates five Republicans and three Democrats to shed their political labels for the day and openly discuss how to work across the aisle to create jobs, secure the futures of Medicare and Social Security, balance the federal budget, and use more reliable energy sources. Marco Rubio, Texas Sen.
The No Labels confab also featured plenty of clowning around, from its own theme song (as intoned by R&B singer Akon) and a green-spandex-wearing mascot called “Problem Solver Man” to the continuously fruitless cheerleading efforts of No Labels vice chair and Coca Cola vice president Lisa Borders (“When I say “problem, ‘ you say ‘solver”!”). Rand Paul and former Pennsylvania Sen.
Rick Santorum is in Ted Cruz country.
Come January, those candidates who make this commitment will receive the No Labels Problem Solver Seal.
“There has never been an event like this before”, Huntsman said in a statement. If we can unite voters of all persuasions and bring together candidates from both parties during a presidential campaign, imagine what we will do once the presidential hopefuls embrace the National Strategic Agenda and commit to solving our nation’s problems. But at Monday’s convention, a true victor emerged: the American people.
In contrast, Trump said solving problems is about having a strong leader who will step in take charge of a messy situation. Lieberman represented Connecticut in the Senate from 1989 to 2003.
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Huntsman served as governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009.
