Charley and I are at the NECN studios to cover the MA-05 debate, which starts in a few minutes. We were sitting in the TV studio with the candidates and a couple of reporters getting ourselves set to watch and blog the debate.Until a … [Read more...]
Idon’tknowski campaign in disarray over SCHIP?
Another story on the Jim Idon'tknowski problem in the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune (much better than the Globe's report) adds some significant new information to the SCHIP situation.It is definitely possible that the winner of the MA-05 race will … [Read more...]
Ogo can’t make up his mind on SCHIP
Maybe he's just the "typical politician" he claims to despise after all. After President Bush's wildly unpopular veto of the bipartisan SCHIP bill, reporters have asked Jim Ogonowski several times whether, were he in Congress, he … [Read more...]
SCHIP bill *does* require proof of eligibility as a citizen or legal resident
First, a word of warning: federal statutes in general, and statutes about programs like SCHIP in particular, are notoriously impenetrable. Much legalese ahead.OK, so what's really going on here? The part of the SCHIP bill … [Read more...]
Ogonowski as GOP’s Charlie McCarthy
Wow, that independent, jes'-folks Jim Ogonowski sure is independent from the national GOP, huh? A real maverick, right? Like on SCHIP!Well, maybe not: House Republicans quietly distributed a survey by David Winston, who is close … [Read more...]
Ogonowski’s secret Iraq strategy revealed!
Victory in Iraq is the time when American forces are no longer on the front lines and when a stable and self-governing Iraq is in charge of its own security. Success is keeping our commitment to stabilization, democracy and economic growth … [Read more...]
Does the RNC Think Ogonowski Can’t Win?
We are two weeks until the MA-5 special election and there has been many postings about a surge from supporters of the Ogonowski campaign. In the first poll between Niki Tsongas and Jim Ogonowski, Jim Ogonowski trailed by 10 … [Read more...]
Republicans trashing Bush over SCHIP
Herewith a roundup of what some prominent conservative and moderate Republicans are saying about President Bush's position on, and threatened veto of, the SCHIP bill that Congress passed yesterday. Before we get started, let's be … [Read more...]
The result in the MA-05 race will matter to sick kids
By large bipartisan margins, the Congress has sent a bill reauthorizing and expanding SCHIP, the State Children's Health Insurance Program. The Senate voted 67-29, enough to override President Bush's promised veto. But the … [Read more...]
Today’s activities in the MA-05 race
On the Republican side, Jim Ogonowski went nucular on the immigration issue today. He accused Democrat Niki Tsongas of "support[ing] amnesty for illegal immigrants." (This is silly, of course -- Tsongas favors the … [Read more...]
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