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Could Don Draper sell Barney Frank? Don Draper is the central character on the popular and (as I can personally attest) addictive TV drama “Mad Men.” He is a marketing miracle worker, the prototypical ad man from Madison Avenue’s heyday. He’s a guy who can sell anything. But I bet Barney Frank would leave him stumped. Who is Barney Frank’s market? If you’re a “good government” white-collar suburbanite, Frank’s been a disaster. When he’s not in a personal relationship with an executive at an agency he oversees (Frank’s former partner, Herb Moses, was an executive at Fannie Mae) Frank’s on...

Barney Frank has recently been complaining about Fox News and "Right Wingers" blaming him for the finanical problems in the US. A closer look may give the answer as to why. Frank is in an uber-liberal district that includes a vast majority of Democrats.Yet Bielat is catching a surge in support with one poll showing him within 10% and closing. This is the first real competition Barney has had in decades. Could this become a shocker? Only time will tell. Below is Bielat's Ad: Link to the Ad on YouTube

Why does the president hate gay marriage? The Obama administration decided on Tuesday to appeal a judge’s rulings that prevented the U.S. government from banning same-sex marriages, a move that could undermine support among President Barack Obama’s traditional liberal base ahead of a key election.The Obama administration filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in support of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, that barred gay marriages, even though Obama had previously opposed the law…“As a policy matter, the President has made clear that he believes DOMA is discriminatory and...

Court Denies Access to Fannie/Freddie Political Records Judicial Watch recently suffered a temporary setback in its pursuit of records related to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s political contributions. On September 30, 2010, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled, in effect, that the Obama administration may keep the records of these two government-controlled enterprises secret. Here is the statement I offered to the press in response: This [ruling] shows that the Obama Administration’s commitment to transparency is a big lie. It is incredible that taxpayers are on the line for at least $400 billion, yet cannot access...

A news story from 2003: The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago. Under the plan, disclosed at a Congressional hearing today, a new agency would be created within the Treasury Department to assume supervision of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored companies that are the two largest players in the mortgage lending industry.... Among the groups denouncing the proposal today were the National Association of Home Builders and Congressional Democrats who fear that tighter regulation of the companies could sharply reduce...

Barney Frank: Tea Partiers have tied me to the railroad tracks! By: David Freddoso Online Opinion Editor 10/12/10 10:15 PM EDT This has to be one of the more colorful fundraising emails of the cycle, from Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.: Today, the “Tea Party Express” announced that not only has it made my one of their top targets in the entire nation, they are formally endorsing my opponent..*snip* The Tea Party Express also announced a that it will make a special stop in Massachusetts just before the election in order to defeat me.The Tea Party Express thinks that it has...

On August 30, before many others jumped in, I was proud to endorse GOP congressional candidate Sean Bielat, who is challenging entrenched corruptocrat Barney Frank in Massachusetts. Marine/businessman/father Bielat has gained immense traction since then and it has been thrilling to watch Frank sweat.

Barney Frank, immersed in one of the toughest political fights of his career, took a free private jet to the Virgin Islands courtesy of a Maine congresswoman’s billionaire ...whose company received a $200 million federal bailout, the Herald has learned. Frank, who’s facing feisty Republican challenger Sean Bielat, flew to the tropical paradise for a vacation in 2009 on a $25 million jet owned by Paloma Partners honcho S. Donald Sussman, the fianc...of U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine). Paloma Securities — a subsidiary of Sussman’s Greenwich, Conn.-based hedge fund — received $200 million in 2009 as part of the $180...

Tea Party Express says they'll target Barney Frank By:CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser (CNN) – Tea Party Express says they'll add Rep. Barney Frank to their list of lawmakers they're targeting in November's midterm elections. The national Tea Party organization Tuesday announced that it will go up with ads against the 15-term Democratic congressman from Massachusetts and will hold a rally in the state near the end of their upcoming cross-country bus tour. The Sacramento based group kicks off their fourth tour, called "Tea Party Express IV: Liberty At the Ballot Box," next Monday. The trip starts in...

NEWTON, Massachusetts -- Brian Phillips was wearing flip-flop sandals Sunday at the nondescript office near the corner of Elliot and Chestnut streets that is headquarters for one of this fall's most remarkable congressional campaigns. Phillips is campaign manager for Sean Bielat, the young Marine officer who is challenging Barney Frank in one of the most solidly Democratic districts in the country. During his 29-year career in Congress, Frank has never faced such a formidable opponent and the surge of support for Bielat's campaign has clearly rattled the incumbent. Ever since Scott Brown's triumph in January, the GOP in this state...

James Taranto profiles Sean Bielat, the congressional candidate in Massachusetts who is seeking to defeat Barney Frank in November's election: A native of Rochester, N.Y., Mr. Bielat caught the "political bug" as a teenager, when he did a stint as a House page. After earning a master's in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, he went to work as a consultant at McKinsey & Co. and an executive for iRobot Corp., a defense contractor based in Bedford, Mass. He's also a new father; his wife gave birth to their son, Theodore, over the summer... Can he win? In...

Our first "official" campaign money bomb is now OPEN FOR BUSINESS! Please share this link with anyone who would rather GET OUT of our economic "ditch" than dig a deeper one! (This is a "soft launch"...the bomb is sizzling today and "detonating" 10/10-10/11...a donation counter ... will be added tomorrow.)

In a district where Scott Brown won, Sean Bielat mounts a serious challenge. 'I don't consider myself a tea party candidate," Sean Bielat tells me over dinner. "I don't know what it means." But an hour later Mr. Bielat, Rep. Barney Frank's Republican challenger, receives a hero's welcome at the Spindle City Tea Party, a gathering of nearly 200 citizen- activists in this economically depressed mill town. As he approaches the stage, they stand, applauding and chanting "Go, Sean, go!" What he tells them is consistent with this reporter's view of the tea party: "I'm starting to think that people...

Sean Bielat, the Republican candidate for Congress in Massachusetts' 4th District, has had just one conversation with his Democratic opponent, Rep. Barney Frank. It was in August, at a parade in New Bedford. "I went up to introduce myself and said, 'Nice to meet you,'" Bielat recalls. "He said, 'I wish I could say the same, but you've made this personal. You've been attacking me.' Then he turned and walked away." Bielat remembers thinking that was a little odd, since at that very moment Frank's Web site featured plenty of attacks on Bielat. But the brief encounter set the tone...

Sean Bielat, the Republican candidate for Congress in Massachusetts' 4th District, has had just one conversation with his Democratic opponent, Rep. Barney Frank. It was in August, at a parade in New Bedford. "I went up to introduce myself and said, 'Nice to meet you,'" Bielat recalls. "He said, 'I wish I could say the same, but you've made this personal. You've been attacking me.' Then he turned and walked away." Bielat remembers thinking that was a little odd, since at that very moment Frank's Web site featured plenty of attacks on Bielat. But the brief encounter set the tone...

Barney Frank just blinked, and everyone in Massachusetts knows it. Former President Bill Clinton will appear to endorse Barney Frank in Taunton, MA, on September 26. When he announced President Clinton’s visit, Frank attempted to deflect the inference that he is concerned about the election by asserting that the visit was President Clinton’s idea. Sean Bielat — the young, attractive Republican challenger — accused Frank of “running scared”: It’s like David and Goliath, and Goliath just got a tag team from his older brother. Indeed, Bielat, who has a prominent jaw reminiscent of Jay Leno’s, has shown that he can...

Mr. Spillane, I have to admit that I'm puzzled by one of your recent columns accusing me of a “cheap shot” on Barney Frank. You said: “So today, Bielat is out with a press release announcing that Barney Frank 'cooked the books' for House Financial Services Committee member Maxine Waters but he offers no fair-minded evidence that that was the case.” I know you're an intelligent man, and even the smartest of us make mistakes. So let's go look again at the evidence, shall we? Last week, The Washington Post broke the story that OneUnited Bank received special treatment from...

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:

Barney Frank now has a (VERY) credible opponent this year and I'm going to do everything I can as a voter in his district to see he's defeated in November. Please take a look at some of the link I've posted here and read up on him, if you have the time: http://blogs.wickedlocal.com/masspolitics/2010/07/12/sean-bielat-is-mad-at-barney-frank-and-scott-brown/ http://www.stumpreport.com/717756-can-barney-frank-be-defeated-sean-bielat-says-yes Consider friending him on Facebook so you can keep up with the campaign: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sean-Bielat/318262062362 And if you have the desire and ability PLEASE consider donating to his campaign. Lord knows the far left machine will be pumping the money in for Frank. Anything you can donate...$5.00,...

Please support Sean Bielat in any way you can. He has won the district 4 primary against Earl Sholly, and is now gearing up to face Barney Frank. He is a Major in the Marine Corps Reserves and very pro-constitution. He will need a lot of help to beat the queen, who is running for his 14th or 15th term. Here is a link to his website. Take a few minutes to read his views. He is a true conservative.