DNC brain trust will be meeting very soon in DC to slice and dice the Florida vote...reports hint that they will seat only half the delegates or divide the delegates evenly between the candidates. Neither option is acceptable or consistent … [Read more...]
Hey! Niki Tsongas. Read This.
It is Clinton, with no reasonable chance of victory, who is fomenting civil war in order to overturn the will of the Democratic electorate. As such, as far as I'm concerned, she doesn't deserve "fairness" on this site. All sexist attacks … [Read more...]
MA-05: It wasn’t that great.
Regarding Tuesday night's results, I had a rather intemperate post ready to go early Wednesday, and the further analysis here, by David and others, gave me pause. But I just can't shake the conclusion that it shouldn't have … [Read more...]
More MA-05: what about the Dems who voted in the primary but didn’t vote for Niki yesterday?
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...]
Learning from Niki and the Og
Tag Ends: For the record, the final included three also-ran politicians. The report in the Lowell Sun ranked them at 2%, 1% and about 0%, for independents Patrick Murphy and Kurt Hayes, and Constitution Party Kevin Thompson.On the … [Read more...]
Niki Tsongas will be seated in time for the SCHIP override vote
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...]
The myth of the “underperforming” Tsongas campaign
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...]
The NRCC MA 5 Delusion
The MA 5th is made up of 29 towns.Here are the Percentage break down per town with the Tsongas number first and the Patrick Number 2ndActon 64% 60%Andover 48% 48%Ayer 46% 49%Berlin 45% 44%Billerica 44% 43%Bolton 48% 48%Boxoborough 56% … [Read more...]
MA-05: Tsongas wins a tight race [updated]
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...]
MY GOD am I sick of the 5th Congressional District Special Election
You can't be an everyman and be able to take months away from work to run for election. You can't be an everyman and be able to spend thousands of dollars towards being elected. You can't claim not to be a political … [Read more...]
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