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Margery Eagan at the Herald says Brookline may be trending a little more toward Bielat than expected:
Oh my God, could bluer than blue Brookline — the capital of Moonbat-istan — be breaking for Republican Sean Bielat?
For 25 years I’ve lived in Brookline, where Republicans admit they’re Republicans at their own risk. Yet I haven’t seen so many lawn signs for a Republican since a few courageous matrons put a “Weld for Governor” placard on their lawn in 1990 and paid the price: social suicide. They were promptly shunned at Whole Foods. Their poor children sat alone in the cafeteria.
It says something huge about Barney Frank’s fall from grace that a few brave Brookline-ites are ready, again, to risk their neighbors’ wrath.
Over 150,000 plays since Friday – not bad for an internet viral.
A heated exchange between Perry and Keating. More of the debate after the jump.
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Tags: 10th Congressional District, Bill Keating, Jeff Perry, Massachusetts
This was a debate between the Republican Jeff Perry, Democrat Bill Keating, and three independent candidates, MaryAnne Lewis, Jim Sheets and Joe Van Nes, hosted by WATD and the Plymouth League of Women Voters, and held at Plymouth Town Hall.
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Perry and Keating Call Each Other Liars
The debate was heated at times. An hour and 15 minutes into the debate an exchange between Perry and Keating devolved almost into a shouting match. Perry pulled from one of this jacket pockets a political mailing from the Democratic party saying that he favors cutting Social Security benefits and raising the retirement age, calling those statements “lies” targeted at scaring seniors into voting for Keating.
Tags: 10th Congressional District, Bill Keating, Jeff Perry, Jim Sheets, Joe Van Nes, Mary Anne Lewis, Massachusetts
Sean Bielat
Polls are showing that Sean Bielat is surprisingly viable. He’s polling within 10 points of Frank, and leading 51% to 34% among independents. Frank has been in office a long time, and is beloved by progressives but reviled by conservatives and increasingly by independents. As a known quantity, like Patrick, his poll numbers are not likely to improve. The question is if Bielat is going to be able to make himself known to voters in time.
Conservatives nationally are noticing. There is a great article about Bielat at CFIF:
Never before has Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) faced such a serious challenge from a Republican of any stripe, let alone one who is pro-business and pro-military. If the tax-and-spend liberal stalwart gets swept away in the GOP tsunami barreling towards Democrat-controlled Washington, D.C. this November, supporters of limited government everywhere will have Sean Bielat to thank.
Tags: 4th Congressional District, Barney Frank, Massachusetts, Sean Bielat
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