An Intense Face Off

This 2010 election for State house of representatives is an intense race between Patrick Rose and Jason Isaac. Both candidates have publically attacked each other’s moral character, track record and political ideology.  This is a particularly intense midterm year where the majority of Texans, and Americans for that matter, are searching for answers and demanding action from government officials.  The economy and taxes are at the top of every voters mind, and therefore every candidate’s platform.

Rose, a four term representative and former San Marcos lawyer, has flooded the local airwaves with the perceived plans Jason Isaac’s intentions to raise state sales tax.  In this already tough recession based economy, this would mean Texans would pay the highest sales tax in the nation, up to 14.5%.  Furthermore, Rose accuses Isaac of pandering to “special interest groups” and such municipalities as the PEC that he deems does not have the best interest of the average tax paying citizen at hand.

Isaac has struck back with such clever quips as “Everyone had been Rosed,” denoting that Rose wants to tax the elderly, and that his history is taxing and spending.  He wants to paint Rose as the modern day Obama liberal, responsible for out of control spending and broken big government. Isaac’s strategy would be to increases sales taxes for state, while completely eliminating property taxes for his district. Isaac states Rose has “failing grades” among the very organizations that endorse him.  Rose counters that the very statement “been rosed”came from a man named John Sharp, who was allegedly trying to “steal water” from Caldwell county.   While Isaac now aligns himself with this man, Rose claims to have prevented he and his colleagues from stealing millions of public dollars.

The debate ends by Isaac stating “A vote for me is experience, a different philosophy, a smaller government and to cut taxes. Rose ends it by “A vote for Isaac is Austin bi-partisanship style.  As young, but experienced congressmen, Rose wants to stand on a platform of collaborate policy making and proven results.  Isaac is tapping into the strong GOP roots of central Texas and widespread discontent with the current state of power in government.