Letter to the San Fernando Sun on Berman vs. Sherman

Two incumbent Democrats are trying to outdo each other in the newly-tailored 30th Congressional District of the San Fernando Valley. I am grateful for the Electoral Commission's efforts in tailoring California's Congressional districts to force incumbent infighting, necessary to keeping our Congressmen accountable to their constituents, their districts, and the country.

Howard Berman has commandeered the larger number of endorsements from the Democratic Party, including California's two Senators. Most likely in recognition for his 30 years serving the House of Representatives, Berman is catching up to win again, raking in a million dollars of campaign dollars.

Brad Sherman will not give up the fight. Running with endorsements from labor unions, and probably voters less inclined to see long-term incumbents take over, Berman has cast himself as tougher on Iran and a more vocal and active advocate for Israel.

Then there is Mark Reed, the Republican candidate who has once already run for office in the Valley. He wants military action on Iran, citing the ineffectiveness of United States' sanctions to discourage Iran. In addition to providing a partisan different to an otherwise underwhelming Congressional race, Reed can bring up the domestic issues which still imperil this country, all the more now following three years of unhindered government growth which has failed to produce meaningful or stable recovery.

The residents of the 30th District may be tempted to pressing issues like the growth of government at the expense of individual liberty, the menacing national debt, which would cause China to replace Iran as a threat to our domestic tranquility. ObamaCare must be repealed. Over half the voters in this country want the government out of the healthcare business. I am certain that Berman and Sherman have no intention of touching the very mandate which their own President has had to role back in key places.

While the two Democratic incumbents debate how much they value strays (a state matter, not a federal one), or offer to write angry letters to banks that are gouging their clients with hidden face (a result of the Democratic monster Dodd-Frank), Mark Reed can split vote between the Democrats and wedge his way into a run-off and steer the Valley voters back to restoring the rights of the people and limiting the responsibilities of the state.