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Rasmussen Poll:MA US Senate Race

September 9, 2009 By hlpeary

Last night I was polled by the Rasmussen Report (1st time ever) about 7:30 PM. The questions centered on the US Senate race but also included job performance on the MA Governor and US President. It also asked numerous questions about Curt … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: capuano, coakley, lynch, markey, meehan, poll, tierney, us-senate-race

Four Frozen Pols in the Race for Senate

September 4, 2009 By davidguarino

But Lynch really isn't really fooling anyone. Like the three other current or former Congressmen mulling a race are waiting for a smoke signal from the Kennedy compound. It's like Lynch, Congressmen Ed Markey, Mike Capuano and former … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: capuano, coakley, congress, lynch, markey, meehan, pelosi, senate

Capuano, Meehan on Murtha’s lobbyist list

February 19, 2009 By Charley on the MTA

Well, this doesn't look so good ...More than 100 House members secured earmarks in a major spending bill for clients of a single lobbying firm — The PMA Group — known for its close ties to John P. Murtha , the congressman … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: capuano, lobbyists, meehan, murtha, pma

Why a close race is not a surprise

October 15, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

MassINC's Robert David Sullivan has posted a number of maps showing why in spite of Marty Meehan's dominance, the 5th district is not reflexively liberal. In 2002, Romney absolutely cleaned up: There's more at MassINC's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ma-05, massachusetts, meehan, national, tsongas

What’s Experience Worth in the 5th CD?

July 6, 2007 By massmarrier

Cross-posted at Marry in Massachusetts.The most candid about the experience issue was David O'Brien. He had never been elected to anything, but was redolent of politics, serving many years on the state and national Democratic committees. He … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 5th-cd, congress, donoghue, eldridge, frinegold, meehan, miceli, ogonowski, progressive, special-election, tsongas

The One Issue: Meehan was a progressive.

June 20, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

(via Dick Howe) Columnist Mark Shields writes about Marty Meehan's major legacy in Congress: Getting enormous soft-money contributions -- i.e. millions in legalized bribes -- out of politics. We need to remember that money's domination of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-finance, ma-05, meehan, national

This is not a joke: Meehan to moderate MA-05 debate

June 6, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

Marty Meehan's going to moderate the last MA-05 debate before the primary, on August 27.Say what?Hasn't his wife already thrown in with one of the candidates?Don't you think he might be biased towards someone whom he thinks would carry on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: donoghue, eldridge, ma-05, meehan, miceli, tsongas

sco interviews Niki Tsongas

May 7, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

sco's interview with MA-05 candidate Niki Tsongas is up at .08 Acres. Give it a read.You will notice that Tsongas' health care talking points have not changed, nor been fleshed out at all. For instance, sco asks "What would you like to see … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-finance, environment, global-warming, health-care, ma-05, meehan, tsongas

Meehan endorsing Tsongas (w/ poll)

April 11, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

Well, it wasn't Marty, but it might as well have been:BOSTON - U.S. Rep. Martin Meehan said he could not endorse any candidate in the race to succeed him in Congress because of his pending move to academia, but his wife did the next best … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ma-05, massachusetts, meehan, national, tsongas

Marty’s Millions

March 16, 2007 By noternie

Why doesn't Meehan give all his campaign money to UMass, Lowell? Can he do that legally?I can think of no better way he can demonstrate that he's committed to the school. It would take away speculation that he's going to jump at another … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 5th-district, campaign-finance, congress, health-care, ma-05, meehan, umass-lowell

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