McCormick Discusses Campaign
(The following article about Terri McCormick’s campaign was printed in the Eagle Herald News, Marinette, Wisconsin.)
by Zac Britton | March 2010
When asked how Terri McCormick would describe herself, the Appleton, Wis., resident pointed to a dozen different things — all in relation to her professional and political careers.
Those factors, involving everything from being a small business owner to her three terms in the Wisconsin Legislature, are among the key issues she sees that set her part from her fellow candidates for the 8th Congressional District seat. It’s also background that she hopes voters across the country will look to at election time later this year.
“Can all the (political candidates) point to a track record of cleaning up government waste, getting rid of bureaucracy and using the free market as I can?” she asked. “I’m someone that has written public policy that has worked, then (voters) should also ask themselves who is best-qualified and who will deliver on their promises.”
She points to that as being a significant part of the problem in Washington right now, terming it “an erosion of principles.”
McCormick takes a slightly different approach from her fellow Republican candidates for the U.S. representative seat, currently occupied by Steve Kagen, D-Appleton. She acknowledges the obvious problems, tied to spending, unemployment and the overall condition of the economy, but prefers to list three basic responsibilities of the U.S. Congress as well as a three-pronged “Plan of Action.”
Among the Congressional responsibilities she listed are national security, “making sure our money system and economy is strong enough to have the private sector produce jobs, and “make sure that we are true to the people in our district and expect us to have principles and integrity in public office.”
The plan of action includes stopping government spending, stopping the health care reform bill and beginning a course of strategic policies to get the economy moving, “just as I did when chairing the Economic Development Committee (in Madison).”
Her approach is far from a surprise, considering McCormick has written profusely about government, especially since self-concluding her state Legislature tenure in 2006. Besides her regular newsletter (available at terrimccormickforcongress.com), she has also written such items as “U.S. Senate: Naughty or Nice This Holiday Season” late in 2009; as well as “Steve Kagen is The Point Man on the Obama-Pelosi Health Care Boondoggle” that was distributed this week.
She does not intend to just write about her opinions, however. She plans to get out and talk to area residents.
“I’m going to be really connecting with people, setting up meetings all over the 8th Congressional district and making sure I am listening,” she said. “The first thing that I’ll do (if elected) is to stop the spending because the spending is costing all of us tax dollars and it’s costing the private sector enough capital to create jobs. The second thing is stop this health care nonsense because it’s going down the wrong track, not because we don’t need health care reform, but without the free market in place it’s going to cost us more.”
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