Governor debate draws rancor

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Republican governor candidates Wayne Stenehjem and Doug Burgum exchanged jabs on health care and a handful of other topics during a rapid-fire debate in a Fargo television studio.  In the liveliest exchange of Monday’s half-hour program, Stenehjem accused Burgum of being disingenuous by criticizing Stenehjem’s actions on President Obama’s health overhaul.
Stenehjem said he did the right thing by backing a health care tax credit for 16,000 North Dakota citizens and thinks “the original, authentic Doug Burgum” would agree with the idea.
Burgum fired back that his “reaction as the authentic Doug Burgum” is that he would have found a better way to manage 2 percent of the state’s residents rather than supporting Obamacare.