DEM FIELD: Lobbyists Hate Infrastructure (And Puppies And Kittens Too)
Blue Hampshire's Mike Caulfield continued his Policy Straw Poll Series. This time the candidates were asked to distinguish themselves on infrastructure:
- From Obama: I am the only candidate committed to decreasing the influence wielded by Washington lobbyists so that our much-needed and long-overdue investments in infrastructure focus on safety and our long-term competitiveness rather than wasteful earmarks for special interests.
- From Dodd: I am only candidate that has introduced a bipartisan measure to address the critical needs of our nation's major infrastructure systems - a measure that I have been working on for several years.
- From Biden: I am the only candidate who commutes daily on Amtrak and every day I see up close what our infrastructure needs.
- From Edwards: I am the only candidate who has proposed a national broadband policy with a goal of giving all U.S. homes and businesses affordable access to real high-speed internet by 2010.
- From Richardson: I am the only candidate that has actually led a state's infrastructure development.
- From Kucinich: I am the only candidate with a plan that will improve the infrastructure and put 2 million Americans back to work at a living wage in such enterprises as rebuilding schools, designing roads, refurbishing environmental projects, and manufacturing steel for water systems.
