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.
My prediction for 2012: Joe Republican 34% Barney 66%.
Write it down! (No smoke at my end.)
How about for 2014: Joe Republican 35% Barney 65%
Give my a break on the 4th Dist of Mass. Rep 35% Demo 65%
for the next 100 years. Sorry you’ll just have to live with the hard facts of political life in Mass in this Dist.
I’m with you, SamAdams76. I’m in Sean Bielat’s district. Very proud to have voted for him. He’s a class act, a very courageous young man who ran a great campaign. The race was starting to get close, but at the last minute, our mail boxes were carpet bombed with a bunch of different flyers from Barney Frank about how Sean Bielat was going to destroy Social Security.
We had a great slate of Republican candidates here (Sean Bielat, David Pottier, Shaunna O’Connell, Mary Z. Connaughton ... ), and I can’t say how proud I am of every one of them. It’s easy to go into battle when you’re looking at an easy win. How much harder to do it when you don’t have to and you know you’re facing probable slaughter if you do. These are ordinary people who understand that America is worth it.