Questions of the Week!

It's a new week and we have new questions to answer for you! It's extremely important to us to make this election easy for you, the voter, to follow. So keep sending in your questions and we'll do our best to answer them. We want you to make an informed decision when you stand in that booth in November and we know that once you have all the facts you'll know that Robin Carnahan is the right choice to make! Here are the questions,


What does Robin Carnahan plan to do about Missouri's efforts to block federal healthcare reform legislation?
                                                             --Kailey Burger, St.Louis
What is Carnahan's stand on gay marriage?
                                                             -- Jeremy Smith, Kansas City

New TV AD: "Days Later"

On Tuesday, Carnahan’s campaign released a new TV ad shedding light on Roy Blunt's corrupt ways. The ad shows Congressman Roy Blunt’s 14 year record of wasteful spending. He consistently works against the best interest of Missourians and instead works to help the big businesses. If you want to read more go read the article “Blunt Led Explosion of Wasteful Earmarks, Convicted Felon Brent Wilkes Benefited”. 

Answers to Week Three Questions

  Here are the answers to Adrian Zimbelman of Lincoln, Nebraska questions from the beginning of the week. These questions are really good, and I'm sure you've thought about them also during this campaign season.

 Why does Carnahan want to go from being Secretary of State to being a U.S. Senator?

    Carnahan has worked for the people of Missouri  while being the Secretary of State but she wants to help Missourians even more. When she becomes a U.S. Senator she can do even more for you in terms of changing policy and advocating for your wants and needs. It important to her that your voice be heard and big corporations don’t take over our government. Check out her message about why she's running for U.S. Senate.

How do you know where to go in your area to vote?

     You will receive a letter in the mail, or information will be in local newspapers if you registered in time before the October 6th deadline.

Can you only vote for the candidate that is running in the party you're registered with?

     When you go to vote you can vote for who ever you want that is on the ballot. It does not matter what party you are registered with. 

Carnahan Gains Support from Veterans and Military Families

    As election day draws nearer Carnahan is steadily gaining support from more and more Missourians. Most recently, Veterans and Military Families for Progress (VMFP) endorsed Robin Carnahan as their candidate for U.S. Senate. The organization is dedicated to ensuring our nation honors its commitment to veterans, all active-duty service members, and their families for their incredible service and sacrifice. Tom Howe, President of VMFP, stated that, “The VMFP board of directors enthusiastically and unanimously endorsed Robin Carnahan for the United States Senate for the great state of Missouri.” He goes on to say that “As a member of a military family, Robin’s personal experience grew to become her deep appreciation of the role of family in the lives of those who wear the uniforms of America’s military services.”

    
   This endorsement should come as no surprise because Carnahan has worked diligently to pass the Veterans Business Protection Act - making it easier for those serving overseas to keep their businesses in good standing with the state after they return home. She has also worked on a bipartisan proposal to ensure that those overseas can vote easily. As a part of her campaign, Carnahan launched Veterans for Robin to unite Missourians who support our military and want to see our soldiers come home safe.

    In stark contrast to Carnahan’s fight for veterans, Congressman Roy Blunt has opposed support for veterans on numerous occasions. He voted to cut $15 billion from veterans’ benefits as part of a budget that the Disabled American Veterans called an “outrage” and shameful.  He also opposed providing extra job assistance to veterans returning from conflicts overseas and voted against providing minimum periods of rest and recuperation soldiers serving in Iraq. [DVA, 3/17/03; Vote 82, 3/21/03; Vote 47, 3/02/05; Vote 796, 8/2/07]

    
   The brave men and women of our military shouldn’t be concerned about returning home to hardship. They’ve experienced enough conflict overseas and don’t need any more of it at home. If Robin Carnahan is elected she will work tirelessly to make sure our veterans and military families are taken care of, just like they are taking care of us by fighting for overseas. 

  
   To learn more about how Carnahan is supporting out military visit her website at http://www.robincarnahan.com/site/veterans/ 

Questions of the Week and Register to Vote!

This week both of our questions are from the same person, Adrian Zimbelman of Lincoln, Nebraska, because they are some good questions! The first has to do with why Carnahan is running and second have to due with voting procedure. Check out the questions below and then check back again on Friday for our answers!

Why does Carnahan want to go from being Secretary of State to being a U.S. Senator?

How do you know where to go in your area to vote?

Can you only voter for the candidate that is running in the party you're registered with?

A reminder, don't forget to register to vote before the October 6th deadline! If you aren't registered, if you've moved, or if you know someone else who needs to register, you only have a few days to do it. 

Register to Vote Today!

 Robin Carnahan makes it easy for you to register to vote, she put the form on her website! All you have to do is fill it out, print and mail it. It's as simple as that! Decisions about how to run this country are made by those who show up, so get out and vote for Carnahan!

Register to vote so your voice is heard on November 2!

Poll Results: What's Important to YOU!

Our poll showed what issues are important to our readers this week and here are the results:

Education clearly won in the polling we did, followed by health care. Since these are clearly the issues that are important to you, the reader, we’ll provide you with information about Carnahan's stance on these issues in a future blog post.

Please take our new poll about Carnahan’s Ad showing the truth about Blunt, because we want to find out what you think about this issue. We think Fox News is overreacting, but what do YOU think? 

Answers to Week Two Questions

As always, we're answering people's questions about Carnahan. This week we talked with two young Missourians. 

What is Robin Carnahan’s stand on life issues such as the death penalty, pro-choice/pro-life?

                                                                                --Jenny Willborn, Kansas City.

According to Carnahan’s voting record she’s pro-choice, however when it comes to the death penalty we could not find any records of her voting for or against it. But as she is a liberal democrat it is fair to say that she’s probably against the death penalty. As soon as we're able to find more information we'll share this information with you! 

What is Carnahan's position on the government bailing out businesses through the stimulus instead of focusing on helping individual citizens? 

                                                                            --Greg Brookhart, Kirksville

With the slogan " Making our economy strong for working families", Carnahan works for main street, not wall street. She works for the people of Missouri, ordinary people, not big corporations. She believes in taking care of people, Missouri families and small businesses. Carnahan understands the need for jobs, and the importance and power of the Middle America’s position to improve the American economy. 

“Stop the giveaways and bailouts. Robin believes it’s time to stop the giveaways to big corporations that ship our jobs overseas and start creating jobs here at home. Robin will fight for strong incentives and protections for manufacturers and small businesses to spur job growth in Missouri and across America.” Read more about her positions on jobs and the economy on her website. 

Please ask us questions via comments on our blog, because we're here to make this election easier to understand. So that YOU can take a stand and VOTE for Carnahan as your representative in the US Senate.