Did Davis really say that?

We just posted a comment on last night's live blogging that left by moderate blogger McPherson Hall at Minnesota Central--here's most of it:

I wish that was a debate ... what I heard was Davis saying that he didn't have any ideas ... about Higher Education funding ... about Health Care coverage. I tried to go in with an open mind, but Davis is so unqualified and slanted that he is an embarrassment for the Republican Party.  . . .

. . .I found Davis closing comments most revealing. He championed conservative values while challenging Walz that he was not the Independent Voice that he promised to be ... so he wants us to vote for somebody that will never compromise from conservative principles ? Walz has bucked the Party so many times on important issues --- FISA, Iraq war funding, AMT, the bailout, etc. -- would Davis ever bolt from the Republican Study Committee ... NO.

His comments about public education were most interesting. Parents trump teachers ... and discipline is a problem ... but didn't he start off telling us that his own daughter wouldn't vote for him ... talk about challenging parental authority !

Given the spanking he's heading for at the polls in November, we think Davis is most sincere in his concerns for discipline, however much his daughter talks back to him. But we digress from our friend's points:

Walz best line (besides not have discipline problems in his classroom) was about his bipartisan work on Veterans issues. Easily, if he can do it on Veterans issues, he can do it on energy issues ... if the Republicans will play ball.

It is pretty easy to see why Walz would want to debate this guy ... its probably the best way to showcase how effective, intelligent and caring he is.

This statement just came in from the Walz campaign:

Tim Walz Scores Huge Victory in Final Debate

Opponent Brian Davis Puts Special Interests Over Middle-Class Families

(Mankato, Minnesota) Last night, Tim Walz won his final debate of the campaign season. In a debate sponsored by Debate Minnesota, Walz focused on the change he’s brought to Washington, as an ordinary Minnesotan who puts middle-class families over partisan politics and special interests.

Walz Campaign Manager Chris Schmitter said, “Once again, Tim Walz articulated his positive vision of bringing change to Washington . As a teacher, National Guard veteran and football coach, Tim is an ordinary Minnesota who understands the needs of middle-class families.”

Schmitter said that the debate showed a sharp contrast between Walz and his opponent, Dr. Brian Davis, whose positions show he’s putting partisan politics and special interests over the needs of middle-class families.

“Minnesotans have known for a while that Dr. Davis puts the Republican Party platform and the special interests over the needs of middle-class families,” Schmitter said. “But his comments tonight were still shocking: he wants to continue the Bush Administration’s failed polices, keep the Bush tax cuts for millionaires and gamble away Social Security on the stock market. He even wants to abolish the Department of Education. That’s not what Minnesota ’s middle-class families need.”

The [image below] includes some of the positions Dr. Davis laid out during last night’s debate.