Posted on 09/22/2010 11:29:10 AM PDT by Lou Budvis
The Sean Bielat campaign has declared themselves within reach of unseating Barney Frank in Massachusetts’ 4th CD, one of the presumed safest districts for Democrats in the nation. The poll, conducted for the campaign by OnMessage, shows Frank falling below the 50% mark despite the D+14 composition of his constituency. Bielat comes within nine points, even though the poll shows that he still badly trails in name recognition. The memo from the pollster explains that Bielat could shock the world on November 2nd:
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
Let's make it happen, MA. Barney is a national joke, and he has to go.
To see him and/or nasty Nancy lose their seat would feel like I had just hit the lottery!
Those 2 idiots had a big hand in the economic mess we are in.
This is truly what I have been praying for, a complete overturn of the corruption in DC.
Isn’t he Chair of the House Banking Committee? That would be a sweet vacation. Vote them out!
A ‘moneybomb’ would help with recognition, but I’m not sure backing from Sarah in Massachusetts is a good idea...
Miracles happen every day!
Isn’t he Chair of the House Banking Committee?
Yes, he is....
Rush plays a song for Barney called ‘The Banking Queen’ set to the music of Abba’s ‘The Dancing Queen’.
Barney Frank (D) *
Raised: $2,415,946
Spent: $1,568,074
Cash on Hand: $1,021,313
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Sean D. Bielat (R)
Raised: $231,840
Spent: $147,349
Cash on Hand: $84,184
Last Report: August 25, 2010
http://www.seanbielat.org/
The question is, would bringing the national media spot light aid by increasing name recognition and gathering national dollars to flow into the coffers. Sarah may not change the outcome, but her presence would focus the national media.
At the very least, it would sharpen the contrast and show that an relative unknown is within 9 points of a solid Dem seat. This will move the Dem focus and force them to defend seats that previously they did not think that they would have to defend. In other words, not a strong tactical play, but more strategic.
That can change overnight; as we saw with Christine...
Don’t get to excited, Barney is a known “come from behind surprise”
We need to make a desperate appeal to Him. Only He can bring about long term change. It's way beyond being about money, gays etc.. We need to get back to our Biblical roots ... somehow ... .
That's a good point...
Right. So many of our people need money.
Wouldn’t that be absolutely wonderful? I guess his base is way liberal, there can’t be that many flamers in his district.
Can’t get the message out without cash... :-(
In this case, Imight suggest that someone on the ordr of a Scott Brown (lukewarm conservative that he is) can accomplish both the act of highlighting the race and supporting potential R victory.
Sometimes, the best political decision a firebrand like Governor Palin can make is to stay aloof from a given race. She’s wildly popular in certain circles, and can fire the conservative base up like nobody’s business, but sometimes a strategic decision to hold fire is the right one.
It doesn’t make the decision easy, though.
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