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Poll: Did GOP Convention Speakers Move You Closer to Romney Vote?

Ann Romney and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie energized delegates in Tampa. How about you?

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Mitt Romney’s wife and others, including the New Jersey and South Carolina governors, addressed the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night. (Read Gov. Chris Christie’s speech and Ann Romney’s speech.) While the prospective first lady focused on love, the New Jersey governor stressed respect.

What did you take away from the talks, and did they infuence your vote?

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Status Quo March 30, 2013 at 08:26 pm
Ken' "since most of the pro-active sports organizations (ASA (softball), AYSO, and Little…Read More League) have been doing it for years." "The only thing is that it won't stop those that have not been caught yet." Right up front, this is not attack of your insider view... however you make excellent case of the dubious nature of Mr. Maienschein's efforts. The organization you umpire, is already pro-active(if no perpetrators have been present within the org.) and legislation is an interference. Although the Assemblyman shares my Party affiliation as Republican, his legislation is a Progressive trojan-horse adding a layer of expansive over-governance. Ken, will his legislation improve the efficacy of background checks? Will it force lesser pro-active or ill-financed organizations to fold? Although I align myself with Scott Nelson's bottom line and sentiments, quite reticent to believe "local governments/state governments are willing to provide and pay for" anything themselves. For it is you and me, not legislators or governance that pays for programs such as these. I have found Government, highly inefficient and bad stewards of the interests of our children. In the interest of efficiency, I am quite confident in order to coach his daughter's soccer team he has passed his background check... and quite willing under my added mandate, to allow his check to suffice for legislative service as compliant.
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Having run a youth basketball league with close to 1,000 kids for 3 years, I can tell you that while…Read More the idea has some merit, the costs and time associated with it are enormous. If the local governments/state governments are willing to provide and pay for the mechanism to do this- great. If not, should be the responsibility of the parents to not just drop their kids and leave them for hours at a time, but actually perhaps stay for practices or heaven forbid actually help and participate to insure that everything is fine in THEIR children's environment.....A little personal responsibility for their own kids would be a new concept to a lot of parents...
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