Who said: "We're gonna punish our enemies, and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us"? - (Barack Obama)

(This is a discussion of the recent Voters Guide published October 26 by the Minnesota Daily. The 4th CD guide was prepared by JESSIE VAN BERKEL. You can read my position, then an accurate discussion of the positions of my opponents.)

Please note that the truncated format of the Daily guide omitted some of my important explanations, and I have added those below in brackets [].

(This is a discussion of the recent Voters Guide published October 26 by the Minnesota Daily. The 4th CD guide was prepared by JESSIE VAN BERKEL. You can read my position, then an accurate discussion of the positions of my opponents.)

Please note that the truncated format of the Daily guide omitted some of my important explanations, and I have added those below in brackets [].

How will you address the federal budget deficit?

(This is a transcript of the recent Voters Guide published October 26 by the Minnesota Daily. The 4th CD guide was prepared by JESSIE VAN BERKEL. You can read my position, then an accurate discussion of the positions of my opponents in COMPARE & CONTRAST.)

Please note that the truncated format of the Daily guide omitted some of my important explanations, and I have added those below in brackets [].

How will you address the federal budget deficit?

What's really going to happen after November 2? 4th CD candidates answer Gary Eichten.

What's really going to happen after November 2? Watch the whole debate or segments

LINK: Soul of MN Tea Party, health care activists storm McCollum's office in Washington

I target education as the biggest problem, which can yield great benefits as we move to solution. Test scores are falling, costs are rising, and we face new problems with immigrant population, and this is a top priority to educate immigrant students and integrate them into our community, family life and workforce. We need to radically reducing the cost while increasing the quality of public education: We need greater productivity.

The world needs to achieve energy independence in stages, and not in isolation from other countries. Every nation, and the world, needs to reduce its dependence on energy. U.S. should lead, totally rethinking and redesigning energy production and consumption by businesses and consumers. Government should encourage reduced energy dependence by partnering with private industry to encourage energy-efficient lifestyles like hybrid vehicles, that stretch out petroleum use with alternative fuels.