As usual Tom brought his wife JeanMarie whom we all know he is grooming to take his seat if he is elected to the Senate. After the first question on immigration she grabbed the microphone and gave a fast talking report on the transportation bill. She repeated twice that if it weren't for the Republicans we wouldn't have had a bill. Personally, I'm tired of having to listen to her campaign speeches when I go to a Tom Davis town hall.
The first question was related to immigration, but there was a second part of the question about the secret negotiations involving Bush and Rice with Canada and Mexico to establish a Trans-American Union. Davis never answered this part of the question. Needless to say that if this union is establish the immigration issue will be moot because the borders will be open. Tom answered the immigration questions by saying that both sides are too extreme and won't compromise. Ok Tom, I would say "What do you propose that you do about that?" In other words that was as far as he got on his answer, no real suggestions other than the vague idea of compromise.
Several people had questions on the Iraq war and most wanted us to reinstate the power of Congress to declare war so Bush won't do in Iran what he has done to Iraq. Davis seems to think that idea doesn't matter any more because he explained that several previous wars weren't declared by Congress including the Vietnam War. That seemed to be his justification for continuing with the same policy. At this rate we seem to be going down a slippery slope of some sort if our Congressmen are unwilling to once again abide by the Constitution.
A professor of environmental studies from GMU rose and told the group that all these other issues wouldn't make much difference if something isn't done about global warming soon. He said in a few decades billions of people could die if we don't change course. Davis seemed to listen. A friend later told me that at a previous town hall Davis had reacted to a similar question by complaining about the power of the oil lobbies. I guess he should know. They are some of his major contributors.