Posted on 09/22/2007 1:26:00 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Last week, a SurveyUSA/WBZ poll out of Boston caused a minor earthquake in the Massachusetts political universe. The race to replace liberal Congressman Marty Meehan was supposed to be a sleepy affair leading to a walk-in-the-park victory for Democrat Niki Tsongas, the well-known wife of the late Senator Paul Tsongas. So it came as quite a surprise when the poll showed Republican Jim Ogonowski, a farmer and veteran from the Merrimack Valley, within 10 points of Tsongas. Tsongas polled just 51 percent to Ogonowski's 41 percent.
In any political environment, a win by Ogonowski on October 16th would be considered a stunning upset. Massachusetts has not sent a Republican to Congress in more than a decade. And though the district is relatively conservative by Massachusetts standards (if the Bay State ever sends a Republican to Washington, it will happen first here), Ogonowski had not been given much of a shot by the political classes. With the fallout from Iraq and 2006 continuing to take its toll on Washington Republicans, a win or close call by Ogonowski would signal that the political winds are gusting against the 11% approval Democrat-controlled Congress.
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Interesting...
Personally, I think some more Northeast Republicans would be good for the GOP. The Southern version is too focused on social issue and not enough on fiscal. The traditional Northeast pubbie is a fiscal conservative. Don’t know anything about this person though.
Neither do I. Maybe a “serious discomfort” has finally developed with a party deeply sympathetic to terroristic forces.
Good point. Where are all the fiscally-conservative Republicans in this and in the last couple of Congresses?
I could do with less posturing on social issues like gay marriage and more cutting of the ridiculous amounts of money spent in DC.
You may think along those lines until the repubs took over both houses of congress and then spent money like drunk democrats.
That really hurt their ability to walk, talk and act like fiscal conservatives.
YES!!!!! THANK GOD!!!
When I heard a blurb the other day about “Tsongas in Massachusetts,” I thought, “Isn’t he dead?” This explains everything.
Being from MA, Jim Ogonowski would probably be another Specter, Snow or Collins.
You are correct. The mid term election was about the betryal of the contract.
Yeah but with very little time left in his presidency, President Bush is finally threatening to use his VETO pen.
Too little too late.
Maybe he can turn the whole budget over to Ted Kennedy and not just the education budget.
He's got my vote and support though!
...from here in the MA Cong 5th district...
Thanks for the update
I bet if you examined the voting records of Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, etc., you would find a firm committment to larger, more expensive government.
Why does this have the smell of “Send Cheney to Hawaii, it’s gonna be close!” to it?
Republicans are politicians first and foremost and will buy and sell out the nation, literally, to buy the for sale affections of the citizens.
Ted The Swimmer Kennedy is set to make one of his fine oratorical appearances for Nikki (think Rush’s hilarious clip of Teddy’s undecipherable gibberish here), and that will be enough to put another MA liberal in office.
Too bad the founding fathers did not make it possible for states to vote other states off the island.
Fraud will always provide the winning margin in Massachuttes.
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