Posted on 04/08/2008 7:51:56 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Republican Jeff Beatty spent his Friday night talking politics over cocktails in Fall River. Democrat Ed O'Reilly has been laying the groundwork for his campaign for more than a year.
more stories like thisAnd this week, Republican Jim Ogonowski plans to make 36 campaign stops from North Adams to Chatham in an effort to lift his campaign and his adrenaline: 30 of the stops are for coffee.
Six months before the primary, the candidates are all hoping to gain momentum for a Herculean task: unseating John F. Kerry from his US Senate seat.
"There is an extra challenge to going against an incumbent, but not when they haven't delivered," Ogonowski said yesterday in a phone interview. "You don't see him in Massachusetts. He's more interested in being a national figure than a representative of the people of Massachusetts."
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Here’s hoping that somebody can give that sorry SOB the boot.
John Kerry should be a shoo-in, but there are increasing signs that he has worn out his welcome.
Oh,man, Tay-REH-suh is gonna be real pissed when her Catsup Gofer Boy gets dropped from D.C.’s A-list to the C-list!
He wore out his welcome in ‘72!
I wish we had an Iraq Vet to run against him. The rich ironic goodness would last and last.
I’m hoping right along with ya. And while we’re hoping, let’s hope for sanity to rule for at least long enough for them to give teddy the swimmer the heave-ho as well.
Did anyone see Kerry at the hearings today? He looks like he got a facelift.
You know what? It’s actually possible that Massachusetts will be willing to take a good hard look Jim Ogonowski - he’s the guy that almost won a special election in a heavily Democratic district recently. I wouldn’t bet the farm on it, but Massachusetts might be getting their fill of lunatic liberals now that Deval Patrick is their (unpopular) governor. Since Romney’s departure, there has been absolutely no balance in the MA government and it’s possible that this could hurt Kerry who has just a 51%-43% approval rating in the latest Survey USA poll. Deval Patrick has just a 45% job approval rating (46% disapprove). This could turn out to be interesting.
Another factor is that Obama is the likely Dem nominee and Massachusetts voters just don’t seem to like him - McCain actually ties him in many polls.
For the past 28 years, Jim Ogonowski served in the Air Force and Air National Guard. When the Air Force transferred its Tanker Task Force Mission, a global air refueling mission, to the Air National Guard in 1995, Jim readily accepted the leadership role as the Commander, responsible for planning, coordinating and executing the transatlantic movement of Air Combat Command fighter aircraft into and out of all of Southwest Asia and Europe. This role became increasingly mission-critical during operations following September 11, 2001.
“Six months before the primary, the candidates are all hoping to gain momentum for a Herculean task: unseating John F. Kerry from his US Senate seat.”
It will be difficult to unseat Kerry since his rear end is stuck in the chair. This is due to woeful inactivity, ineptness, and sheer laziness of the man. I pity the voters in Mass - they do not have the brains to give both of the KK boys the boot.
“There is an extra challenge to going against an incumbent...”
“You don’t see him in (X state). He’s more interested in being a national figure than a representative of the people of (X state).”
Given those changes, how many people in how many states could say the same thing?
I’m from New Jersey. Based on my “representation,” I’m one of them.
Term limits, people...
Kerry is what pond scum scrapes off its shoes.
I gave money to Diana Irey’s campaign and to several others outside my state as well. I will be watching closely to see how this pans out.
If this race is nationalized, we lose. If it is social issue or national economic based, we lose. If it is local based, we have a shot. If I am the GOP'er, I'd run ads crowing about how John Kerry forgot where he came from, left his district, etc.
The Sam Gejedson (sp) effect where we took that democrat leaning Connecticut seat out of nowhere in 2000.
For offense, I'd target the Landrieu, Baucus, Johnson, Kerry, Harkin, Rockefeller, Lautenberg, Levin, Durbin, Biden, and Reed seats in order. I only didn't mention Pryor since he's unopposed. I have this ranked ahead of Harkin and Rockefeller, and Bush won those states, so that tells you what I think the odds are here...and there.
It’s easy just bring up his war record and he will shoot himself in the foot.
Kerry seriously has that U.S. Senate seat for as long as he really wants it. This is Massachusetts and the majority of Massachusetts voters that we are seriously talking about, and no Republican is in control of anything of the highest importance throughout the entire state of Massachusetts. Massachusetts has somewhat been its own socialistic country for several decades now and counting, and I seriously don’t see this leftist political dominance going away anytime soon. Too many Massachusetts voters still hate the Republican Party at every level, even if the GOP candidates are truly more leftist than the Democratic candidates.
T. Boone Pickens, you have mail!
At some point you have to go past pity and realize these people are doing it to themselves time and time again and they don't deserve your pity.
Come on, we know he likes hookers, let’s find them.
I know Ogonowski did well in the special election, but I have to favor Beatty for this seat - his resume is very impressive.
Good call with Ogonowski:
http://media.wrko.podzinger.com/archive/HowieCarr/2008-04-10_U_S_Senate_Jim_Ogonowski_4_10_08.mp3
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