I have been reluctant to make any public endorsement in the last couple of days for several reasons. I respect both main candidates in this national election, and I wouldn't have a problem with having either one in the Senate.
At this point, however, I am formally offering my support to former Senator DWTL. From my experience in the Senate working with him....I know that, despite his rhetoric and annoying tactics sometimes (
), he is willing to work with his fellow senators and find reasonable compromises on many issues.
That said, my main reason for supporting DWTL lies in economic issues. I am a strong supporter of free trade, and many of these agreements are about to be on the floor of the Senate. I'm obviously no where near to DWTL's libertarian economics in general, but I hope that DWTL will work with me on other economic issues as well. I believe he will, as evidenced by our mutual work, for example, on the Help Atlasia Study Act. After making the legislation more friendly to regions and allowing them to determine the exact distribution of the education funding, DWTL did vote in favor, and I ultimately feel that that amendment to the legislation was superior to the original plan, so I'm grateful for that initial dispute.
Now that we have a clearly left leaning President, I think it's important to maintain a healthy balance of power between the legislative and executive branches of government, and I value our current Senate's ability to override potential vetoes on certain issues that enjoy widespread popular support.
None of this should be taken as an attack on Fritz or his political views. I am very confident that Fritz would also be an excellent senator that would serve Atlasia well. I respect him and wish him the best of luck in this and future races. My support of his opponent should only be interpreted as a single decision based on a variety of circumstances (political balance, etc.) outside of Fritz's control. Should Fritz be elected, I would also happily work together with him and my other fellow senators to serve Atlasia.
So now, after having said what I believe to be important right now, I endorse DWTL for Senate.
