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In the Syrup
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DUBIE DO
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One Senate seat that may be coming back into play for Republicans
in the 2006 election cycle is Vermont, where Sen.
Jim
Jeffords
is retiring. Word on Capitol Hill is that Vermont
Lt. Gov.
Brian Dubie
was in town last week,
meeting with Republican National Committee staff, as well as Sen.
Elizabeth Dole
, who chairs the National Republican
Senatorial Committee, the key recruiter for Senate candidates.
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Dubie would be a superior candidate to the Republican currently in the field, millionaire Richard Tarrant. Gov. Jim Douglas had earlier this year looked at the open seat, which is being also being pursued by socialist congressman, Rep. Bernie Sanders.
While Dubie doesn’t bring the deep pockets of Tarrant, he does possess an electability factor that Tarrant does not, which will be important in a race against Sanders, who is virulently anti-Bush Administration, particularly on tax policy issues and Iraq.
Dubie is already on record of late saying the he believed the overall approach in Iraq was flawed, putting him in more in sync with Vermont voters.
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