[kabar]

He will lose. I would never vote for someone who stands for nothing.

I give him credit for running in the most Dem/liberal state in the nation. If I lived in his district in MA, I would certainly vote for him over Tsongas. There is a reality you have to deal with, i.e., your constituency. Northeast Reps cannot be elected as staunch conservatives. We [GOP] either have to just stop participating in the process or find candidates who have a shot at being elected. I would much rather have a Shays or Nancy Johnson or Ogonowski in Congress than a Waxman or Nadler or Tsongas.

[Maneesh]

No Question there and I will vote for Ogonowski over Tsongas anyday. I still don’t think you attract undecided people to your side by being subdued and devoid of passion just you won’t upset some independents. People are drawn to passion and strong beliefs and someone that will stand for them in all conditions. That will also increase turnout from registered Republicans who won’t bother to vote because they don’t think their guy has a chance. All the conservatives I know in MA are as right wing as they come because we see first hand what liberalism is doing to our state. If all the Republicans actually voted we may actually have a shot at winning this.

[fieldmarshaldj]

I still have my concern that one of the big reasons we have slipped in these places is because we have simply failed to provide a genuinely honest ideologically different candidate from the rodents. Reagan didn’t compromise himself when he ran for President in this state and won — twice (even with an all-liberal rodent and (2 in ‘80; 1 in ‘84) liberal RINO delegation). MA is not as liberal that the lopsided all-rodent delegation would have you believe, but if you’re a voter who has no real choice, why bother voting ? We ought to run “Hi, I’m a Conservative, and this is what I believe in” candidates, fully fund them, and see how well it goes. I think we’d be mighty surprised to see we’d start to score some wins... if only we had the courage.