"Meehan first ran for Congress in 1992 on a platform of reform. As part of that platform Meehan made a pledge to not serve more than four terms a central part of his campaign. He won the 1992 election and was re-elected to Congress every two years since, including the latest election (2004). In the year 2000 when the Congressman ran for Congress, breaking his 1992 pledge, he called it a disservice to his constituents who continued to want him to be their Congressman. This breaking of the pledge has been a controversial issue in the 5th Congressional district of Massachusetts."
Hillary will pledge to serve out her full term if re-elected to the Senate this year. Shortly thereafter she will break that promise and announce for the Presidential race in '08. Another broken promise, coming soon.
Meehan was deeply disappointed, I'm sure, when Kerry lost in
'04. Had Kerry won there would have been a special election
for Senate and Meehan would've run. (_Early on election
night '04, one Mass. politician--might have been Cong. Lynch;
can't remember--announced that the following Saturday he would have a press conference to announce his run for that special
Senate election. Ha ha!)
...Do You Remember?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/523293/posts
Martin T-for-Taliban Meehan:
9/14/01:
In the midst of the national crisis brought on by Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, Massachusetts House Democrats Marty Meehan and Richard Neal slammed President Bush as bumbling and ineffective -- with Meehan even suggesting that the White House was lying about Bush being on the terrorists' target list.
"I don't buy the notion Air Force One was a target," the Bay State liberal said. "That's just PR. That's just spin."
On Wednesday White House spokesman Ari Fleicher told reporters that the Secret Service had received a specific and credible threat that Bush was a potential target, with a caller warning after the World Trade Center attacks, "Air Force One is next."
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Apart from charging that the Bush team had fabricated the threat to deflect criticism over Bush's delayed return to Washington after the disaster, Rep. Meehan suggested that former President Clinton would have handled the situation better.
"(Bush) is a new president and he doesn't have the experience that Bill Clinton had." Then Meehan added snidely, "Under the circumstances he's done pretty well."