Right off the bat, let me say that I'm not a fan of Ann Marie Buerkle. I'm also not really much of a Dan Maffei fan, and here's one more, er four more, reasons why.
Buerkle, to her credit, has offered to meet with both Maffei and Green Party candidate Ursula Rozum in a series of town hall get-togethers, one in each of the four counties in the new NY-24th. The town halls would have a moderator, audience questions would be thrown into a hat, and the candidates would all have a chance to respond to the question, and to each other's position.
As a voter, I'm in favor of this approach; it seems like a pretty good deal for me. The candidates go head to head, including Rozum who deserves to be in the mix; they don't know necessarily know all of the questions in advance (there's always a chance that some 'out-there' question will come up), and we get to see them live, rather than in some studio under much more controlled circumstances.
Rozum, to her credit, has agreed to the sessions. She has nothing to lose, really, and has the opportunity to gain some ground on the other two. Buerkle's obviously in; she loves the town hall format.
Maffei's camp, however, has called Buerkle's offer a 'political scheme', stating that she uses the town hall format to lie to us, and to hide her true Tea Party colors; they think that the two debates that have been scheduled on local TV stations are sufficient. Heck, that's not even one debate in each county.
Dan, what are you afraid of? Why aren't you willing to stand on a stage with AMB and Ursula and go toe to toe with them?
Why aren't you willing to look me in the eye at an open forum with your opponents and tell me why I should vote for you this time?
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