Principle and Pragmatism... and just plain competence.

This new-to-me iPhone photos feature is kinda interesting. Of course it did mangle the back Senator Warnock's had a bit.

Yours Truly with the Senator this morning.

Senator Raphael Warnock visited Rome this morning and I got to hear him. His stump speech is dynamic. He is clear-eyed and principled. He is also pragmatic. He realizes that America was built on tough compromises, so he is willing to work across the aisle always toward progressive ideals but respecting those who disagree and working with them to forge compromises that bend the arc of history toward justice.

Now, he has an opponent. As painful as it is to speak the truths that must be spoken about this opponent we all cheered for on the football field, we must compare the two. They are our binary choice in this campaign to represent Georgia for the next 6 years. 

Can you imagine that the opponent who has lied about almost every aspect of his life during and before the campaign with be an honest face of Georgia in the Senate?

Can you imagine that the opponent who spends his time on the campaign trail talking about werewolves and vampires can understand and negotiate the intricacies of the legislation he will asked to debate in the world's most deliberative body?

Listen to the stump speech of Senator Warnock. Can you imagine that his opponent could put his thoughts together so cogently?

Raphael Warnock has made himself a leader in the US Senate in only two years. He proposed, negotiated, and helped write legislation that has brought millions of federal dollars to Floyd County, Georgia for critical infrastructure and services and that has helped to reduce prescription drug prices, especially the prices for diabetes treatments. He worked to bring computer chip manufacturing back to the United States -- that's a big economic victory but is also important to our national security. 

Please join me at the polls.