DORAN IS A FRESH AS DAY-OLD BREAD
Doran sees himself as fresh, moderate candidate
MARSHALL — It’s another 17 months until the 2006 general election, but Marshall received a public visit from a candidate for the ‘06 U.S. Senate race Tuesday.DFLer Kelly Doran, a Twin Cities real-estate developer who specializes in shopping malls, stumped in town — saying he’s a moderate who hopes to bring in votes from the DFL, independents and moderate Republicans.
"The chemistry of our elections today is one-third, one-third, and one-third," Doran said. "Neither the Democrats nor Republicans can win with just our own bases. We have to appeal to those in the middle."
Usually, parties nominate candidates from the left or right who then hope to appeal to those in the middle, he said. "That’s the difference with me," he said. "I’m in the middle and I hope my candidacy will attract Democrats, Independents and moderate Republicans."
Doran is one of several declared or likely Democratic candidates for the Senate seat that will be vacated by Sen. Mark Dayton. Whoever emerges from the Democratic race will likely face Republican Mark Kennedy in the general election.
Other DFLers who’ve declared or are pondering a campaign include Patty Wetterling, Hennepin County prosecutor Amy Klobuchar, comic/author Al Franken, and Twin Cities lawyer Mike Ciresi. Doran said he’s never run for office before and hasn’t been active in politics. He acknowledged he’s an underdog but believes that by starting his campaign early, he’ll build name recognition.
He listed three national issues that he believes should be priorities in the Senate race.n The war in Iraq. Doran accused the Bush administration of mismanaging both the buildup of the war and its handling of the war itself.
When he launched his campaign earlier this month, Doran said "Washington D.C. misled us over a period of years that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and that they were an imminent threat to us. (The administration) then sent our soldiers into a pre-emptive war without proper equipment and body armor. It’s not right."
Tuesday, Doran said after WMDs weren’t found, Bush changed his justification for going to war. The federal deficit. Doran said Bush and the Republican-led Congress are "fiscally immoral," for the nation’s gaping budget deficit. "Day after day, the congress adds mountains of debt onto the shoulders of our kids," he said. "What happened to the American tradition of one generation leaving a better world and better opportunity for the next generation?"
Doran said he’s not a tax-and-spend Democrat, but would support tax increases on the wealthiest Americans, such as himself, to reduce the budget. He said the federal government can’t cut its way out of the budget hole without wholesale cuts to areas such as the federal courts and national parks.He also favors a federal balanced-budget amendment.
On Social Security, he said the easiest way to fix the solvency issue is to raise the income cap from the current $90,000 to about $140,000 or $150,000. That means that incomes of up to $140,000 or $150,000 could be hit with Social Security taxes. He said that would fix the problem without reducing Social Security benefits. Source: Marshall Indepenent, June 29, 2005
MARSHALL — It’s another 17 months until the 2006 general election, but Marshall received a public visit from a candidate for the ‘06 U.S. Senate race Tuesday.DFLer Kelly Doran, a Twin Cities real-estate developer who specializes in shopping malls, stumped in town — saying he’s a moderate who hopes to bring in votes from the DFL, independents and moderate Republicans.
"The chemistry of our elections today is one-third, one-third, and one-third," Doran said. "Neither the Democrats nor Republicans can win with just our own bases. We have to appeal to those in the middle."
Usually, parties nominate candidates from the left or right who then hope to appeal to those in the middle, he said. "That’s the difference with me," he said. "I’m in the middle and I hope my candidacy will attract Democrats, Independents and moderate Republicans."
Doran is one of several declared or likely Democratic candidates for the Senate seat that will be vacated by Sen. Mark Dayton. Whoever emerges from the Democratic race will likely face Republican Mark Kennedy in the general election.
Other DFLers who’ve declared or are pondering a campaign include Patty Wetterling, Hennepin County prosecutor Amy Klobuchar, comic/author Al Franken, and Twin Cities lawyer Mike Ciresi. Doran said he’s never run for office before and hasn’t been active in politics. He acknowledged he’s an underdog but believes that by starting his campaign early, he’ll build name recognition.
He listed three national issues that he believes should be priorities in the Senate race.n The war in Iraq. Doran accused the Bush administration of mismanaging both the buildup of the war and its handling of the war itself.
When he launched his campaign earlier this month, Doran said "Washington D.C. misled us over a period of years that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and that they were an imminent threat to us. (The administration) then sent our soldiers into a pre-emptive war without proper equipment and body armor. It’s not right."
Tuesday, Doran said after WMDs weren’t found, Bush changed his justification for going to war. The federal deficit. Doran said Bush and the Republican-led Congress are "fiscally immoral," for the nation’s gaping budget deficit. "Day after day, the congress adds mountains of debt onto the shoulders of our kids," he said. "What happened to the American tradition of one generation leaving a better world and better opportunity for the next generation?"
Doran said he’s not a tax-and-spend Democrat, but would support tax increases on the wealthiest Americans, such as himself, to reduce the budget. He said the federal government can’t cut its way out of the budget hole without wholesale cuts to areas such as the federal courts and national parks.He also favors a federal balanced-budget amendment.
On Social Security, he said the easiest way to fix the solvency issue is to raise the income cap from the current $90,000 to about $140,000 or $150,000. That means that incomes of up to $140,000 or $150,000 could be hit with Social Security taxes. He said that would fix the problem without reducing Social Security benefits. Source: Marshall Indepenent, June 29, 2005
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