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Pike wants ‘reasoned discussion’

The fight over abortion between the two Democratic candidates in the 6th District continued late Tuesday, with Doug Pike’s campaign decrying Manan Trivedi’s attack and pressuring him to take a clear position on the Stupak amendment.

“We are disappointed that Manan has decided that the only way he can win is to run a negative campaign,” Pike campaign manager Andrew Eldredge-Martin said in a statement.

His comments came after a day of back-and-forth between the two campaigns, which started with an op-ed by Pike on pa2010.com, and continued with Trivedi criticizing Pike for referring to himself as the only “publicly” pro-choice Democrat in the race.

In the latest statement, Eldredge-Martin said that Pike has always been pro-choice, but has supported pro-life Democrats over the years.

“Doug’s Op-Ed today made the argument that Doug was the only candidate in the 6th District race to publicly announce his position on choice,” Eldredge-Martin said. “If Manan is now saying he’s pro-choice, we take him at his word.”

•Earlier on pa2010.com—Trivedi: I’m pro choice, despite what Pike says

Voices: Bart Stupak is wrong

December 1, 2009 at 5:09 pm

--Dan Hirschhorn

Tags: Doug Pike, Manan Trivedi, PA-6

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