[Cicero]

Gomez, a lifelong Republican, has taken great aims to distance himself from the national party, including voicing his support for comprehensive immigration reform, tougher gun control laws, and maintaining the current legality of abortion. His positioning as a moderate Republican could boost him in a low-turnout special election.

I don't vote in Massachusetts, but regrettably if I did, I could not vote for this jerk. We do NOT need more hyper Rinos in the Senate.

We don't need Markey there, either. But I'm not going to start voting for baby killers and country destroyers from EITHER party.

As I said, I don't vote in Massachusetts. But if Markey wins, it will just give us another Lincoln Chaffee or Olympia Snowe to screw us in the crunch.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

I agree with you that Gomez might be a RINO, so is the guy that Christie placed as a temp Senator until the October election in NJ!!! But......the battle at this point should be to gain Republican control of the Senate. There are currently forty-five Republican Senators. Now with Christie’s appointment there are 46, however temporary. In this political climate, anything can change in NJ by the October rolls around!!!

If Gomez wins his special election on June 25th, he will become the 47th Pubbie Senator. There are 2 independant Senators, who vote with the Democrats!!! These two, while Liberal might want to rollover to the pubbies to maintain some level of control and their politcal power. Staying with defeated Democrats does absolutely nothing for them!!! Come 2014, mid-terms, we only would need four or five seats to gain and the Senate flips, which means we control all votes, debates, amendments, etc.

Just remember, winning the Senate and keeping the House in 2014, just about makes Obama & the Democrat Party, null and void!!! Just looking at the big picture!!!

[Vermont Lt]

The Republican Party in MA is so small that they cannot win by touting the party line. You have to appeal to the independent vote. And they are socially liberal and fiscally conservative.

The only benefit anyone on FR gets from a MA republican is that they tend to vote the party line in leadership votes.

Why anyone here would expect anything more befuddles me.

And, by the way, where are all of you guys who were shouting “Scott Brown for President” when he won a few years ago. Now we are stuck with Pocahantas. Be thankful for what you can get these days.