North Dakota Democratic U.S. Senate
candidate Heidi Heitkamp says people shouldn't assume she holds the
same views as national Democratic Party leaders.
She says North Dakotans also shouldn't assume that her opponent,
Republican Rick Berg, agrees with national Republican leaders on
everything.
Heitkamp's opponents have tried to tie her to Democratic
President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Some
of Berg's critics associate him with Republican House Speaker John
Boehner.
Heitkamp says people shouldn't associate Boehner's views on
federal farm legislation with Berg's. And she says people shouldn't
assume she shares Reid's opinions on energy policy.
Heitkamp says what matters are the differences between her
positions and Berg's on policy questions. She said: ``I don't speak
for Harry Reid and Harry Reid doesn't speak for me.''
