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Massachusetts Special (Ogonowski gaining ground)
The National Review ^
| September 26, 2007
| David Freddoso
Posted on 09/26/2007 4:26:22 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Lt. Col. Jim Ogonowski (R) is making an unexpectedly spirited challenge to Niki Tsongas (D) for the fifth district seat recently vacated by Rep. Marty Meehan (D-Mass.). The election is October 16.
Republican registration in the district is 14 percent (yes, you're reading that correctly, one-four) but Ogonowski is trailing Paul Tsongas's widow by just ten points in a public poll, ten points in Republican internal polls, and supposedly just five points in an internal Democratic poll.
If there is a way for Republicans to win, it is to campaign against Washington, as an outsider — as Ogonowski has done. He probably won't win, but he'll come very close for this district. He's already given Tsongas a shock.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: ma05
To: MassachusettsGOP; Gay State Conservative; GOPsterinMA; #1CTYankee; GraniteStateConservative; ...
This excerpt is worth repeating:
“and supposedly just five points in an internal Democratic poll.”
Could Niki Tsongas be the Jean Schmidt of the Democratic Party?
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posted on
09/26/2007 4:29:03 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
To: Clintonfatigued
I drove through Methuen today - lots of Ogonowski signs up. It’d be real nice if he won.
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posted on
09/26/2007 4:30:40 PM PDT
by
NewHampshireDuo
(Earth - Taking care of itself since 4.6 billion BC)
To: Clintonfatigued
for the fifth district seat recently vacated by Rep. Marty Meehan
It's the Sixth district.
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posted on
09/26/2007 4:32:34 PM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(What happens if you're frightened half to death........................twice?)
To: HEY4QDEMS
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posted on
09/26/2007 4:36:14 PM PDT
by
MassachusettsGOP
(May the West and Republicans Always Win...)
To: MassachusettsGOP
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posted on
09/26/2007 4:38:11 PM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(What happens if you're frightened half to death........................twice?)
To: Clintonfatigued
Republican registration in the district is 14 percentW.O.W.
I'll bet there are a higher percentage of Republicans in Moscow.
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posted on
09/26/2007 4:41:59 PM PDT
by
Gritty
(Most people are in "Condition White", simply unaware of what is going on around them-Frank Borelli)
To: Clintonfatigued
If there is a way for Republicans to win, it is to campaign against Washington, as an outsider The Republicans won't win unless they check the voter rolls and stop the dead from voting. The Republicans need to enlist the help of young volunteers who need their eyes opened to go through the rolls.
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posted on
09/26/2007 4:42:11 PM PDT
by
LoneRangerMassachusetts
(The only good Mullah is a dead Mullah. The only good Mosque is the one that used to be there.)
To: Clintonfatigued
I predict a Tsongas win by around 10%.
To: Clintonfatigued
We need some good military in our Congress; not the tired old lawyers.
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posted on
09/26/2007 4:54:53 PM PDT
by
freekitty
((May the eagles long fly over our beautiful and free American sky.))
To: LdSentinal
Why is marty not running? Is he dying of AIDS?
Sorry, couldn' hep mysef'.
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posted on
09/26/2007 6:07:50 PM PDT
by
USS Alaska
(Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
To: Clintonfatigued
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posted on
09/26/2007 7:30:31 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: HEY4QDEMS
Happens to the best of us
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posted on
09/26/2007 7:37:37 PM PDT
by
MassachusettsGOP
(May the West and Republicans Always Win...)
To: LdSentinal
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posted on
09/26/2007 7:37:53 PM PDT
by
MassachusettsGOP
(May the West and Republicans Always Win...)
To: USS Alaska
He quit to take a job as president of UMass.
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posted on
09/26/2007 7:40:07 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(Socialism is NOT an American value.)
To: USS Alaska
Why is marty not running? They made him CHANCELLOR of a State UNIVERSITY campus.
No, it's not a joke.
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posted on
09/26/2007 7:43:22 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(Trails of troubles, roads of battle, paths of victory we shall walk.)
To: HEY4QDEMS
Forgive my ignorance but what happened to Rep. Marty Meehan? Die? Retire? Tap his foot in a restroom? What?
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posted on
09/26/2007 9:56:22 PM PDT
by
no dems
(Don't hate me and call me names because you can't reply to my posts intelligently.)
To: no dems
He accepted some big wig position at U-Mass Lowell.
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posted on
09/27/2007 1:17:23 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(What happens if you're frightened half to death........................twice?)
To: Clintonfatigued; freekitty
Lt. Col. Jim Ogonowski (R) is making an unexpectedly spirited...We need some good military in our Congress; not the tired old lawyers.
America's finest.
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posted on
09/27/2007 1:45:35 AM PDT
by
PGalt
To: Clintonfatigued
How will the MSM truly handle this if the GOP ends up actually winning this seat?
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