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Wall Street Reform Architect Frank Fights for Survival (Bawney Schedules 'Election Night Event')
Finance Tech ^ | 11/01/10

Posted on 11/01/2010 6:27:44 PM PDT by Libloather

Wall Street Reform Architect Frank Fights for Survival
By Reuters
November 01, 2010

BOSTON - Representative Barney Frank, the outspoken, witty Democrat closely tied to the 2008 U.S. bank bailout, faces a tough re-election battle after 15 terms in office at a time when incumbency itself is a liability.

Challenging the Massachusetts liberal is Republican Sean Bielat, a former U.S. marine, and opinion polls suggest Frank has an uncomfortably narrow lead over a political unknown.

In the run-up to Tuesday's congressional elections, Frank has faced a torrent of negative ads and mailings, much of it from groups outside the state who support candidates from the conservative Tea Party movement.

Last week, Frank borrowed $200,000 from his personal savings to prop up his campaign, saying he needed "to defend against outside attacks."

A recent opinion poll showed Frank with 49 percent of likely voters, Bielat at 37 percent and 12 percent undecided. Frank kept his seat in the House with 68 percent of the vote in 2008 and ran unopposed in 2006.

Massachusetts has already been the scene of one of the year's biggest upsets, when Republican Scott Brown won a special election for the U.S. Senate seat held for almost five decades by a Democratic Party pillar, the late Edward Kennedy.

"If Barney Frank loses, it would be as significant as Scott Brown's win. You would really begin to see the depths of this anti-government sentiment," said Marc Landy, professor of political science at Boston College.

(Excerpt) Read more at financetech.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: barney; barneyfrank; bielat; frank; massachusetts; reform; scottbrown; seanbielat
Nervous Barney Frank Schedules 'Election Night Event'
1 posted on 11/01/2010 6:27:50 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Party at my house if Frank loses!!!! :D:D:D:D:D

I’m sure Barney really would like to argue with kitchen table rather than sweat it out against this guy. :)


2 posted on 11/01/2010 6:30:46 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: Libloather
BOSTON - Representative Barney Frank, the outspoken, witty Democrat closely tied to the reason we needed a 2008 U.S. bank bailout

There, fixed it.

3 posted on 11/01/2010 6:31:30 PM PDT by Hoodat ( .For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.d)
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To: Libloather
Frank borrowed $200,000 from his personal savings

Waa boo hoo. He's robbed the American people a billion or two times that much.

4 posted on 11/01/2010 6:36:32 PM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: Libloather

What has Frank ever said that was ‘witty’? I heard him tell a polite, informed constituent that talking to her was like talking to a table. That was boorish. Where does this ‘witty’ mythos come from?


5 posted on 11/01/2010 6:42:27 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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To: Libloather
Since when has Barney Frank been called "witty?"

He sputters and when he speaks, his stupidity is so glaring that it's palpable, bordering on oppressive. He's a dolt.

6 posted on 11/01/2010 7:05:43 PM PDT by upstanding
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To: Libloather

Buh-bye Bawney!


7 posted on 11/01/2010 7:06:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The only stable state is one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
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To: Libloather
Just in: Barney's outfit for his election night event:
8 posted on 11/01/2010 7:25:02 PM PDT by CharlesMartelsGhost
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To: Libloather

Hopefully it’s in the MA State Prison.


9 posted on 11/01/2010 7:29:26 PM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Professional Politicians are a Threat to the Republic! Remove them on 11-2-10!)
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To: Tzimisce

Oh I hope he loses that would be just desserts for that fraud-sufferin sucatash


10 posted on 11/01/2010 7:32:36 PM PDT by funfan
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Thanks Libloather.
Representative Barney Frank, the outspoken, witty Democrat...
Water carrying from over the Pond.

If there were really a 12 or 13 point lead for this reprehensible POS, why would he be so worried? Why would he spend $200K of his own money? The political parties have polling geniuses, and their numbers are generally right on the money. Both sides in this race know that it's a toss-up.


11 posted on 11/01/2010 7:58:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: Libloather

I do not want to know what kind of event that would be, Bawney


12 posted on 11/01/2010 8:03:33 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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I do not want to know what kind of event that would be, Bawney

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13 posted on 11/01/2010 8:28:30 PM PDT by IYellAtMyTV (Workday Forecast--Increasing pressure towards afternoon. Rum likely by evening.)
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To: Libloather

Representative Barney Frank, the outspoken, witty Democrat closely tied to the 2008 U.S. bank bailout,

Who says he’s outspoken?

Who in the hell says he is witty??

I think he is a lisping lying perverted POS


14 posted on 11/02/2010 3:40:34 AM PDT by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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To: IYellAtMyTV

lol


15 posted on 11/02/2010 5:17:44 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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