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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/GoldmanS/status/106730824862400512">The hosts of next week's  debate</a> for the NY-9 race are crowd-sourcing for suggested questions to ask Democrat David Weprin and Republican Bob Turner.</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23AskWeprin">#AskWeprin</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23AskTurner">#AskTurner</a> are the hashtags I'm hoping people will use. <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23ny9debate">#NY9debate</a> is good too.</p>
<p><a href="http://empire.wnyc.org/2011/08/ny9-debate/">As Colby Hamilton noted</a>, Weprin has been somewhat vague on policy specifics, namely, Hamilton argues, because he probably won't be in a position to do much. And Turner's policies -- protecting entitlement programs while somehow shrinking the deficit -- aren't really based in anything actionable.</p>
<p>Each have obvious vulnerabilities that could make for an interesting debate.<!--more--></p>
<p><a href="http://t.co/u8xIkB9">Weprin's nuanced position</a> on same-sex marriage is a <a href="http://www.politicker.com/2011/08/02/after-weprin-questions-state-senate-vote-on-marriage-savino-tears-up-donation-check-to-his-campaign/">headache for some of his allies</a> (especially those in the LGBT community who <a href="http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/Headlines+&amp;+Breaking+Stories/100884/LGBT+Community+Holds+Fundraiser+For+Weprin.html">recently threw him a fund-raiser</a>). And <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2011/08/ny-9-hopeful-bob-turner-zadroga-911-health-bill-too-broad-shouldnt-cover-sick-">Turner walked away</a> from the one policy position everyone in  the NY delegation seemed to agree on: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/24/gop-candidate-weiner-seat-bob-turner_n_935723.html">universal support the Zadroga bill</a>.</p>
<p>If it sounds like they're running for some big, powerful, national position with no real geographic root, it's because, in a way, the are.</p>
<p>Most of the debate in this race has revolved around national issues, and hardly around anything specific to the district, which covers a patchwork of blue collar neighborhoods in southern Queens and northern Brooklyn.</p>
<p>Thanks to redistricting, not many people expect the seat to exist in any recognizable form by next year; even <a href="http://www.politicker.com/2011/06/08/what-will-shape-anthony-weiners-district/">advocates of independent redistricting say so</a>.</p>
<p>So, I guess, feel free to ask them anything.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/GoldmanS/status/106730824862400512">The hosts of next week's  debate</a> for the NY-9 race are crowd-sourcing for suggested questions to ask Democrat David Weprin and Republican Bob Turner.</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23AskWeprin">#AskWeprin</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23AskTurner">#AskTurner</a> are the hashtags I'm hoping people will use. <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23ny9debate">#NY9debate</a> is good too.</p>
<p><a href="http://empire.wnyc.org/2011/08/ny9-debate/">As Colby Hamilton noted</a>, Weprin has been somewhat vague on policy specifics, namely, Hamilton argues, because he probably won't be in a position to do much. And Turner's policies -- protecting entitlement programs while somehow shrinking the deficit -- aren't really based in anything actionable.</p>
<p>Each have obvious vulnerabilities that could make for an interesting debate.<!--more--></p>
<p><a href="http://t.co/u8xIkB9">Weprin's nuanced position</a> on same-sex marriage is a <a href="http://www.politicker.com/2011/08/02/after-weprin-questions-state-senate-vote-on-marriage-savino-tears-up-donation-check-to-his-campaign/">headache for some of his allies</a> (especially those in the LGBT community who <a href="http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/Headlines+&amp;+Breaking+Stories/100884/LGBT+Community+Holds+Fundraiser+For+Weprin.html">recently threw him a fund-raiser</a>). And <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2011/08/ny-9-hopeful-bob-turner-zadroga-911-health-bill-too-broad-shouldnt-cover-sick-">Turner walked away</a> from the one policy position everyone in  the NY delegation seemed to agree on: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/24/gop-candidate-weiner-seat-bob-turner_n_935723.html">universal support the Zadroga bill</a>.</p>
<p>If it sounds like they're running for some big, powerful, national position with no real geographic root, it's because, in a way, the are.</p>
<p>Most of the debate in this race has revolved around national issues, and hardly around anything specific to the district, which covers a patchwork of blue collar neighborhoods in southern Queens and northern Brooklyn.</p>
<p>Thanks to redistricting, not many people expect the seat to exist in any recognizable form by next year; even <a href="http://www.politicker.com/2011/06/08/what-will-shape-anthony-weiners-district/">advocates of independent redistricting say so</a>.</p>
<p>So, I guess, feel free to ask them anything.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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