Will Marisa DeFranco sue to be on the ballot? (Warren opponent)

Red Mass Group ^ | 6/2/12 | Rob Eno

[raccoonradio]

If the #springfield2012 twitter feed is to be believed it looks as if the entrance of Deval Patrick has had its desired effect. Marissa DeFranco looks to be falling short of the 15% needed to be on the primary ballot in September. This brings up an interesting point. Are her Constitutional rights being violated?

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. - 14th Amendment to the US Constitution

Massachusetts Law requires one to garner 10,000 certified signatures to get on the ballot. In addition the Republican Party and Democratic Party require a 15% vote at convention to place a name on the ballot for statewide offices. However when there is no convention the 10,000 signature threshold is sufficient. That's where the opportunity for DeFranco to challenge her removal from the ballot lies.

If DeFranco were running as a Republican or Independent in this years election, she would not need to garner 15% of the vote at a convention. She would be on the ballot as a result of gaining the 10,000 signatures.

DeFranco can make a strong case that ballot access is unequal under the law in Massachusetts, in that other people can get on the ballot by merely doing what she already has, that is gaining 10,000 signatures.

It would make interesting case law if DeFranco chooses to sue for ballot access. I for one hope she does.

[raccoonradio]

Smoke filled rooms. You would think Warren wouldn't mind a couple debates to hone up her skills for later debates vs. Brown.

[raccoonradio]

Howie Carr list ping—Chief Warren coronated?

Tweets to #Springfield2012

DEVAL PATRICK:It is time for Democrats to grow a backbone and stand up for what we believe

DAVID PALEOLOGOS: Looks like Elizabeth Warren wins at least 95 percent of the delegates, leaving DeFranco with 5 percent or less

WHO, HARMONY?: Very proud to shout out my support for PROFESSOR WARREN!

TINA STANTON: Defranco’s speech shouted into the mic. Her speech seemed more anti-Warren than anti-Brown. Grumble.

CYNTHIA NEEDHAM: Fun Fact- Warren was Kennedy’s prof. RT @elizabethforma: Saying hello to former student @joekennedy

[raccoonradio]

Howie Carr list ping—Chief Warren coronated?

Tweets to #Springfield2012

DEVAL PATRICK:It is time for Democrats to grow a backbone and stand up for what we believe

DAVID PALEOLOGOS: Looks like Elizabeth Warren wins at least 95 percent of the delegates, leaving DeFranco with 5 percent or less

WHO, HARMONY?: Very proud to shout out my support for PROFESSOR WARREN!

TINA STANTON: Defranco’s speech shouted into the mic. Her speech seemed more anti-Warren than anti-Brown. Grumble.

CYNTHIA NEEDHAM: Fun Fact- Warren was Kennedy’s prof. RT @elizabethforma: Saying hello to former student @joekennedy

[raccoonradio]

wikipedia: “In U.S. political slang, a smoke-filled room is a term for a secret political gathering or round table style decision-making process. The phrase is generally used to suggest a cabal of powerful or well-connected, cigar-smoking men meeting privately to nominate a dark horse political candidate or otherwise make decisions without regard for the will of the public. The origin of the term was in a report by Raymond Clapper of United Press, describing the process by which Warren G. Harding was nominated as Republican candidate for the 1920 Presidential Election. After many indecisive votes, Harding, an unlikely and little-known candidate, was chosen by Republican senators and party power-brokers in a private meeting at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago

[wizwor]

Here’s the poop. Warren is going to withdraw. Marissa DeFranco cannot beat Brown. If there are two candidates and one withdraws, the other wins. If there is only one candidate, the party will have to fill the void. If it looks like Brown is vulnerable, Patrick will be on the ballot. Otherwise, it will be an up and comer needing national attention.

You heard it here first.

[ClearCase_guy]

I heard her on the radio just the other day. She's extremely far Left, even for Massachusetts. She seems to think that if we make everyone a state employee, and swell the ranks of the government unions, then the jobs problem will be solved, and the economy will start growing again.

Pretty remarkable.

[raccoonradio]

Though it’s hard to believe someone stubborn as Warren is
would do that. She and the Dems are convinced they can beat Brown and in a mooooooooooooooooooonbat state like this maybe she can. Or...?

Every day there’s a new and often funny revelation. She flips houses for profit. Her parents eloped—no wait they got married by a minister—and if they eloped that meant that some grandparents showed
intolerance toward Cherokees. Her interviews with friendly
media. The Dem. party—anything but Democratic.

BREITBART:
>>>
The Boston Globe released a new poll of the Senate race in Massachusetts. While the headline numbers continue to show Brown and Warren in a virtual tie, there are ominous signs that Warren’s handling of her ancestry claim is taking a toll with voters.

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The vast majority of voters (72 percent) said the issue would not affect their vote, but 31 percent of self-described independents - a critical voting bloc - said the issue makes them less likely to support Warren in November. The Harvard professor’s popularity has also risen one percentage point, to 48 percent, since the Globe polled in March, but the percentage of detractors has climbed more precipitously, by nine points to 32 percent.

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>>The poll also found that Sen. Brown is in a strong position, with 60% of voters approving of his job performance.

The media has only recently begun to aggressively cover Warren’s claims and her ever-changing story lines explaining her actions. There also hasn’t been a single political ad on the scandal. Yet, one-third of independents already say they are less likely to vote for her because of the scandal. That’s a very worrying development for the Warren campaign.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/02/one-third-of-independents-less-likely-to-vote-for-warren-over-heritage-controversy

(Note: The media, meaning left-leaning, has been slow to
cover it. But Boston’s best paper in my opinion,
the Herald, has been aggressive in covering it.)

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Expanding the size of state government is about as popular as unfiltered Camels in a cancer ward.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Yeah, time was that all that was needed to grow the economy was for everyone to take in their neighbour’s laundry. Then, some twit invented the washing machine and destroyed that major engine of economic growth. Fortunately, we still have the public sector. It’s a nonpareil engine of growth. It’s fuel is taxes, which, when spent move the engine along the track to recovery, and produce even more taxes. Tax and spend, tax and spend, tax and spend, said the little engine of growth that could. /socialist reverie

[blueunicorn6]

Oh.....they’ll be doing the snakedance around the bonfire tonight in Massachusetts.....

[bitt]

http://bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20220602protests_fizzle_as_demecoratic_state_convention_kicks_off_goes/srvc=home&position=0

[bitt]

http://bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20220602records_prof_profited_by_buying_selling_homes/

“We are in the midst of one of the greatest economic crises in our country’s history — a crisis that began one lousy mortgage at a time,” the Democrat wrote on her campaign website, which also decries “a deregulated credit industry (that) squeezed families harder, hawking dangerous mortgages.”

‘DANGEROUS MORTGAGES’?? WHY aren’t Dodd and Frank in jail????