[TaMoDee]

I called this 10 days ago at: Frank 68% Bielat 32%.

4th Dist is VERY Liberal and also full of Barney “types.

Earl Sholley, a true conservative, was defeated by the same margin the past two elections when he ran against Frank.
Anyone who expected Bielat to win was inhaling the smoke.

[SamAdams76]

Anyone who expected Bielat to win was inhaling the smoke.

Now that's no attitude to have. I truly thought that Beilat had a chance here and he ran a very admirable campaign. Considering that Barney was never seriously challenged before in this hopelessly gerrymandered district, it bodes well for future elections. If we are going to turn Massachusetts red someday, we have to start somewhere.

The only solace I can take from this news is that with Pelosi out of the picture, Barney Frank can be the face of the Democrats for the next two years and over the next two years, as the Tea Party gets really going, he will be a great advertisement for our cause.

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I guess so. I underestimated how many people get their news and opinions from the Boston Globe. I guess I thought more people read the Herald and listened to talk radio and that (whether or not they agreed with the views of those sources) they at least had the information those sources provided and could make a decision based upon it, and I was wrong.

It also has a lot to do with the district. Newton and Brookline at one end of the district and New Bedford at the other go 60-70% for Barney whatever happens. In the middle there are a lot of towns that went about 60% or more for Bielat this time (Berkley, Dighton, Dover, Foxborough, Lakeville, Mansfield, Middleborough, Norfolk, Norton, Raynham). Their votes got overwhelmed by the cities that Barney gerrymandered into the district.