Posted on 03/07/2006 9:43:27 AM PST by george76
Meehan leads US House with campaign funds
Representative Martin T. Meehan has gained national exposure in recent years as a champion of efforts to reduce the influence of money in politics.
Now, the Lowell Democrat is poised to achieve a new distinction:
He is days away from becoming the only House member in the nation with a campaign war chest that tops $5 million, with an eye on a possible run for the Senate.
some $2 million more than any of the other 434 House members, and $2.7 million more than any of the nine other representatives from Massachusetts....
With ready money and political security, Meehan is well-positioned for a Senate bid in 2008 ...
Meehan has considered running for governor in the past, a 1998 state law would bar him from using his federal campaign account to do so...
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
No doubt looking out for the little guy.
He also said he would term-limit himself. Sure Maahty.
Hope Howie Carr gets him on the phone today.
And himself...
Obvious picture post.
Meehan was one of the chief sponsors of the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act,in 2002 ...
The law banned unregulated, unlimited donations to political parties -- so-called ''soft money" -- and doubled the limit on individual campaign donations to $2,000 to increase candidates' ability to raise money from individuals instead of companies and political action committees.
The cap rises with inflation every two years.
Sure. 3 terms in the house, 2 in the senate, and then retire as governor.
LOL
"Huge war chest"...
more pictures.
13 years in Congress already ?
A shanty Irishman who would be working the counter at MacDonalds or painting houses if he hadn't stumbled into Boston Democratic politics.
I did a search for one of Morganna the kissing bandit. I found one, but it wouldn't be allowed here.
Can you post just the url without the img src stuff ?
"Only United States citizens legally registered to vote for a candidate (the candidate) running for an elected federal office may provide their own money or anything else of value to the candidate".
That's it. Maybe the language can be improved but basically if you can vote for the person you can donate to the person. otherwise you cannot. This would likely do away with lobbyists, special interest groups, etc. No more George Soros and no more Hillary Clinton and ehr HillPac sticking their noses in to elections they have no business being involved in because the candidate could never represent them.
It would force candidates to stay home with the people they represent because that's their only source of money. And imagine how many people would become involved in the political process since the candidate would HAVE to listen to them.
"With ready money and political security, Meehan is well-positioned for a Senate bid in 2008..."
That is when our Sen. Kerry's term ends. Will he run for president again, or retire from political life?
When even Granny D agrees you have raised too much, you know people are noticing. Amazing to me that these entrenched incumbents raise tons of money when they have little or no real oppostion.
So if Kerry runs for president again in '08 (ha ha!) will he also run for reelection to the Senate? If so then Meehan must wait until at least 2012 when Teddy might retire. I think he'll only be 80 then so who knows, he might run yet again, leaving Meehan unable to seek a Senate seat.
Kerry has no life outside of politics.
He barely has a political life.
My quess is that he will re-run.
Same guy who said that Clinton lying under oath about sex isn't perjury, but prosecuted some small-town guy for doing the same thing.
Don't know. But I'm sure that's how he views term limits: I'll serve x terms here, x terms there, and x terms elsewhere.
And he's a total hypocrite. Here's the Wikipedia skinny on his approach to term-limits:
Meehan successfully ran for the House in 1992 on a platform of reform. As part of that platform Meehan made a pledge not to serve more than four terms. He won the 1992 election and was reelected to Congress every two years since, including the latest election in 2004. On the House floor in 1995 he scolded members who might go back on their promise to limit their tenure in office. "The best test of any politicians' credibility on term limits," he said, "is whether they are willing to put their careers where their mouths are and limit their own service." Despite this pledge, he again ran for Congress in the year 2000, exceeding four terms.
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