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Morning roundup: Keller, Obama, Campanini, and other characters

October 18, 2007 By David

Some quick hits from my inbox and the morning papers.Keller's non-sourcing trashed.  Jessica Heslam at the Herald noticed the same thing I did about Jon Keller's "The Bluest State" -- there's an awful lot of anonymous and unattributed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bluest-pundit, bluest-state, bmg, jon-keller, keller, media

More MA-05: what about the Dems who voted in the primary but didn’t vote for Niki yesterday?

October 17, 2007 By David

As David Bernstein points out, there were some Democratic voters who showed up for the primary, but who either stayed home or jumped ship for the general.  The total number of votes in the Democratic primary was 55,517.  But … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ma-05, ogonowski, tsongas

Niki Tsongas will be seated in time for the SCHIP override vote

October 17, 2007 By David

Excellent news just in from the Tsongas campaign:Congresswoman-elect Niki Tsongas will be sworn in tomorrow morning approximately between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. in Washington, DC at the U.S. Capitol.  Secretary of State William Galvin … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ma-05, ogonowski, tsongas

The myth of the “underperforming” Tsongas campaign

October 17, 2007 By David

When you read this on Daily Kos, you should perhaps worry about the acumen of one of the left's most widely-read figures.Dems win special election. Votes are still being counted, but it's been called by local media and the final tally is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ma-05, ogonowski, tsongas

Back to back to back!! [Red Sox open thread]

October 16, 2007 By David

Wow.  Youkilis, Ortiz, and Ramirez.  What was looking like a 7-0 blowout is suddenly a 7-3 game [update: not so much. *sigh*].  Apparently that's the first time any team has hit 3 home runs in a row in LCS play. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: red-sox

MA-05: Tsongas wins a tight race [updated]

October 16, 2007 By David

All precincts reporting: Tsongas 54,363 (51%) Ogonowski 47,770 (45%)Murphy 2,170 (2%) Hayes 1,125 (1%) Thompson 494 (0%)UPDATE: Town-by-town results are here (thanks johnk). Hold onto your hats.  I'll update as I hear more. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ma-05, ogonowski, tsongas

Howie’s stuck at WRKO, and all he gets is seven million lousy bucks

October 16, 2007 By David

Poor Howie Carr.  A mean ol' judge wouldn't let him break his contract with WRKO (680 AM) to take his talk-show shenanigans to better-rated WTKK (96.9 FM).  And all Howie gets out of it is a lousy $7 million over five years.All … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: media

Meanwhile, back on the presidential trail …

October 16, 2007 By David

Believe it or not, there is actually a race going on other than MA-05.  The presidential candidates have officially released their third quarter fundraising numbers; as everyone knows by now, Hillary Clinton outraised Barack Obama for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, clinton, obama

Mr. “not a partisan politician” brings in … Duncan Hunter?

October 15, 2007 By David

The Mass Dems call our attention to the fact that Jim Ogonowski, Mr. "I'm not a partisan politician," Mr. "I'm not a Washington insider," has called in one of Washington, DC's most extreme partisans, Duncan Hunter.  From the press … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ma-05, ogonowski

Ogo’s new radio ad appears not to comply with FCC’s “lowest unit charge” rule

October 15, 2007 By David

Jim Ogonowski has a new radio ad that talks a lot about immigration and about Niki Tsongas.  Surprise!  You can listen to it here.The content is utterly predictable and uninteresting (immigration! Niki! oogity boogity!) -- except … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ma-05, ogonowski, tsongas

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