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Rodney Glassman on Principles & Values
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McCain missed key votes when running for President
Glassman challenged McCain's effectiveness at addressing Arizona's big problems, from wide-scale unemployment and foreclosures to a lack of focus on energy independence and investment in education.
He dogged McCain for missing Senate votes while he was running for president and for shifting positions on key policy matters.
The senior senator dismissed the remarks as "biased."
Source: Arizona Daily Star coverage of 2010 Arizona Senate debate
Sep 27, 2010
Cooperation instead of partisan battering ram
Glassman picked at McCain for his notoriously short fuse, saying he finds it difficult to believe McCain has the diplomacy for contemporary challenges when he has an image of "our short-tempered U.S. senator being rude to
Janet Napolitano just the other day."Glassman said his own campaign "is about having someone who will work with everyone to find solutions--not just serve as a partisan battering ram trying to accomplish nothing except
self-aggrandizement and furthering their political future."
McCain, with few exceptions, ignored Glassman's attempts at eye contact as well as his verbal jabs, even when the
Democrat directly challenged him to more debates, saying it was "disrespectful" to voters to limit his appearance to 60 minutes in exchange for a six-year term.
Source: Arizona Daily Star coverage of 2010 Arizona Senate debate
Sep 27, 2010
Serves on Tucson City Council and as JAG in USAF
In 2007, Rodney was elected citywide with over 60% of the vote to the Tucson City Council and represents Ward 2. His endorsements ranged from the Tucson Chamber of Commerce and Tucson Association of Realtors to the Sierra Club and the
Pima Area Labor Federation. He also serves as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force JAG Reserve at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
Source: Campaign website, rodneyglassman.com, "About"
Mar 3, 2010
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