Well keep in mind MA has Republicans, Democrats—and many unenrolleds. Some unenrolleds may be fiscal conservatives and social liberals/moderates—and Brown, Tisei, and Romney have some hope, but there are a lot of statist Dems out there too (esp. gov. workers and their relatives and friends.) Which is good for the Tierney Crime Family.
The GOP is always in the minority. RINOs like Brown and Romney are the best we can do (believe me). What else, start a third party? That’s a no-go either. (If you can run a true conservative in MA and have them win, more power to you, but remember this is Massachusetts.)
Sometimes there is someone interesting running but they run into problems. Look at Sean Bielat in the 4th, very promising for a GOP pick up—so who do the Dems run vs him?
JoeJoeJoe Kennedy. It’s tough.
>> This is an excellent article that shows how Richard is fiscally smart, and independent minded on some social issues. To me, he is a solid bipartisan fiscal conservative. It's ok to have appropriate levels of social government programs, but not at the expense of gutting the private economy and/or trillion dollar deficits. I believe he represents the modern Massachusetts consensus. Get em Richard!
i volunteered for Scott Brown for 6 mos. Full time for last 6 weeks. Tisei can go screw, worthless garbage wanting to repeal DOMA.
“Look at Sean Bielat in the 4th, very promising for a GOP pick upso who do the Dems run vs him?
JoeJoeJoe Kennedy. Its tough.”
I hope Sean Bielat (who I have donated to) gets a position in the Romney/Ryan Administration. He’s a good man!
Raccoon, Tisei/Tierney is your district, right? I was up in Newburyport Labor Day weekend and saw more Tisei signs than Tierney signs...what are you seeing? I do think Tisei will win.
Fortunately for Bielat, most people in MA remember that Joe Kennedy was dumb as a box of rocks. Arrogant too. And the name Kennedy evokes a much less positive response in MA these days.
I just love it the way people who live in other states have such strong opinions about MA politics.