Himes And Debicella Find Much To Agree On, Much To Debate

As tough campaign nears end, charges continue to fly

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Dan Debicella, right, and Jim Himes debate as moderator Kay Maxwell looks on
Photo:Uma Ramiah, Connecticut Mirror

 

It wasn't so much the issues that divided Jim Himes and Dan Debicella at their Sunday night debate. Instead, the two 4th District Congressional candidates took shots at each others' voting history, campaigns and even integrity.

"Let's mark 15 minutes as the first time Jim Himes has lied to you today," said Debicella, in response to the claim that the League of Conservation Voters had rated his environmental record the worst of any state senator in Connecticut in past ten years.

"Our national energy policy should be the same as our national environmental policy, which is we need to get off of foreign oil," said Debicella, a state senator and the Republican nominee. Instead, he would encourage government incentives for research into alternative energy, whether natural gas, fuel cells, solar.

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