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Forgit opens local office
Forgit opens campaign office in StaffordDate published: 11/29/2007 BY CHELYEN DAVIS In a campaign that lasts less than 30 days, the most important thing--after the voters--is the volunteers. They help make the phone calls, knock on the doors, organize the literature drops. So Democratic congressional candidate Philip Forgit drove two hours to Fredericksburg last night to give his volunteers a pep talk. He helped make phone calls and told the volunteers gathered at his headquarters on Town and Country Road that Democrats have a chance to win the 1st District, which has been Republican for years. "This is an historic opportunity," Forgit said. He's running for the 1st District in a special election to fill the seat of Jo Ann Davis, who died of breast cancer last month. The Republican candidate is Del. Rob Wittman, and there's also an independent, Lucky Narain. Forgit thinks it's an historic opportunity because he is better-funded and has more party support than other Democrats running in the 1st District in recent years. He has campaign events scheduled with Gov. Tim Kaine, former Gov. (and U.S. Senate candidate) Mark Warner and Sen. Jim Webb. He also hopes to ride voter dissatisfaction with Washington politics, along with an increasing "blue wave" of Democratic victories in Virginia, into Congress. "You get this idea of broken government" when he knocks on doors and talks to voters, Forgit said in an interview. "We don't want the broken politics anymore." He cited the transportation plan the Virginia General Assembly passed this past session--for which Wittman voted--as an example. He thinks it's bad public policy to approve a plan that imposes fees and local taxes instead of state taxes, and says voters shouldn't send someone who supported that to Washington. "What's the point of electing these folks if they're not going to serve and make the hard decisions?" Forgit asked. The other theme he said he's hearing on the campaign trail is Iraq, and the related topic of veterans issues. Forgit is a decorated Iraq veteran himself, he's still in the Navy Reserve, and he's planning a trip to Iraq--whether he wins or not--at Christmas to deliver books and DVDs he's collecting for soldiers.
Date published: 11/29/2007
Forgit has my vote
(posted by
Mitchel
, Dec. 1, 2007 8:01 pm)
It will be nice to have a representative in Congress who knows firsthand what the situation is in Iraq. Philip Forgit is going to make a great congressman.
Forgit about it!
(posted by
MrZorro
, Nov. 29, 2007 11:33 am)
Mr. Wittman has the election wrapped up.
Don't count your chickens . . .
(posted by
hpdomi
, Nov. 29, 2007 5:22 am)
Mr. Wittman, Shouldn't you win the election FIRST?????
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