2008 North Carolina Senate Debate between Elizabeth Dole and Kay Hagan
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from 2008 NC Senate Debate (number of quotes indicated):
- Elizabeth Dole (9)
- Kay Hagan (10)
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Energy & Oil
Kay Hagan: Opposed offshore drilling until August compromise.
Elizabeth Dole: Release 1/3 of the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve.
Kay Hagan: No tax breaks for big oil companies that give us $4 gas.
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Government Reform
Kay Hagan: Washington experience means putting special interests first.
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Immigration
Elizabeth Dole: Help sheriffs identify illegal immigrants among suspects.
Kay Hagan: ID’ing illegal immigrants is an unfunded federal mandate.
Elizabeth Dole: Crackdown on illegal immigrants who commit crimes.
Kay Hagan: Supports increased border security and opposes amnesty.
Elizabeth Dole: Link local sheriffs to federal immigration tools.
Kay Hagan: Deportation program is an unfunded federal mandate.
Kay Hagan: Lack of immigration system is why we have unsecured border.
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Principles & Values
Elizabeth Dole: Has spent time in all 100 counties while Senator.
Kay Hagan: North Carolina needs a work horse, not a show horse.
Elizabeth Dole: Broad experience in Washington & major-league clout.
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Tax Reform
Elizabeth Dole: Sales tax, income tax, food tax, liquor tax: it’s too much.
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War & Peace
Elizabeth Dole: Precipitous Iraq withdrawal leads to further instability.
Kay Hagan: End the war in Iraq with a diplomatic surge.
Elizabeth Dole: Mistakes were made, but no precipitous withdrawal from Iraq.
Kay Hagan: The Iraq war had not made the U.S. safer.
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The above quotations are from 2008 North Carolina Senate Debate between Elizabeth Dole and Kay Hagan.
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- ME: Sen. Susan Collins (R, incumbent) vs. Rep. Tom Allen (D)
- MN: Sen. Norm Coleman (R, incumbent) vs. Al Franken (D) & Sen. Dean Barkley (I)
- MS: Sen. Roger Wicker (R, incumbent) vs. Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D)
- NC: Sen. Liddy Dole (R) vs. State Sen. Kay Hagan (D)
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