James Webb paid a visit to the Arlingtonians/Alexandria for Democracy Meet Up on Monday March 12, 2006.
The event was held at Attila’s near the Courthouse metro. James Webb spoke to the crowd of almost 60 people from 7:30 to 8:00, or slightly after, being very open to further questions and discussion on topics. As I have stated in an earlier blog, I will say again that I was impressed with Webb's position on health care as a right for every citizen. The audience asked questions regarding health care, education, the war in Iraq, the development of U.S. infrastructure, and anti-discrimination acts to protect gays and lesbians.
Webb is a very open and friendly speaker, he listened to each comment and often gave brief personal examples to illustrate his points. Webb began the discussion by talking about himself as being "born fighting" and having been raised from his childhood breakfast table with instructions on how to motivate people--how to be a leader.
The nuances of providing each citizen with health care, developing infrastructure, and for helping local schools to improve education--because he sees it as a local issue--will hopefully continue to be teased out as his campaign progresses. It seems clear that he supports individual rights, personal choice, equal economic opportunity, and diplomacy. We look forward to hearing his ideas on these and more in the future.
Go to the following sites for more on James Webb:
http://www.oursenate.com/
http://www.webbforsenate.com/
For a much more indepth report and analysis of James Webb at the Arlington Meetup please read this entry at Daily Kos:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/3/13/22362/0256
According to a poll on this site 57% or 15 pollsers DO NOT find Webb to be progressive, but believe he is good enough for Virginia.
With more effort in developing his message, I believe Webb can refine his progressive image and activate a grassroots campaign.
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