Posted on 12/29/2012 10:18:31 AM PST by SeekAndFind
If there is such a thing as being too liberal for Massachusetts, Rep. Edward Markey may fill that requirement.
The 18-term congressman has embraced every far left cause since he entered the House in 1977 and has a voting record among the most liberal in congress.
If, as expected, former Senator Scott Brown runs in the special election to replace Secretary of State nominee John Kerry, the contrast between the two candidates would be striking.
Boston Herald:
A mad scramble by bigwig Democrats to avoid a bloody primary and clear the field for U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey in a U.S. Senate special election left at least one would-be candidate grousing yesterday - and some Republicans downright gleeful.
"They are freaked out," state Sen. Robert Hedlund (R-Weymouth) said after U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry, Victoria Kennedy and the party's Senate campaign committee all rushed to back Markey, a consummate Washington insider. "Let them coalesce and let them have a non-primary situation and keep the rust on him," Hedlund said of the 19-term Democrat, who has never had a serious re-election fight but would likely face battle-tested Republican Scott Brown in the race to fill Kerry's seat. "Fine by me. You're going to have a huge contrast in how those two will campaign."
U.S. Rep. Michael E. Capuano - a potential Senate candidate despite his loss in the primary during the special election for U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat - was clearly miffed by his party's rush to back Markey. "It seems that the big names of our party are trying to choose our nominee for us. When I became mayor of Somerville, the establishment wasn't with me," Capuano said in a statement.
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Two unrelated facts.
It would be wonderful to have a true conservative - but this is Massachusetts. Some votes for conservative/Republican issues is better than none, and particularly if we get close to or take over the Senate in the next election.
You are correct - - Massachusetts is a hopeless toilet populated by pathetic little mice.
Markey will win in a landslide.
my assessment based on limited in-person observation is that Capuano would be a more formidable opponent than Markey. Capuano knows how to act like a normal American on the campaign trail, so he could siphon votes from Brown’s “Independent Majority”.
The anti-Scottie voices are welcome to try to elect a real conservative in MASS to a position higher than state rep. Get back to us in 30 years with your results.
Markey is not a great candidate to put up against Brown - he is white and male, and those serious character flaws don’t exactly fire up the radical base. :)
Tierney’s “Republican” opponent was execrable. A Socialist RINO gay rights militant.
“my assessment based on limited in-person observation is that Capuano would be a more formidable opponent than Markey.”
I agree. Markey blows, but again, so didn’t Warren.
I have no idea if any Republican (RINO or not) can win any race in MA for the foreseeable future. The last statewide race the MA GOP won was Brown’s win in Jan. 2010.
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