CLT
UPDATE
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
CLT's 2½
PAC endorsements for 2006
The Massachusetts GOP has had a number of near-death
experiences in recent years, but this time it really looks like the next
stop could be Whig-ville, or maybe Federalist Junction.
It’s a bad sign when the Green-Rainbow party has more statewide
candidates on the ballot than the Republicans. And when probably only
five Republicans will be left in the 40-person state Senate come January
- the lowest number since before the Civil War. In the 160-member House,
only 21 Republicans remain, and two of them aren’t seeking
re-election....
This could be one of those years. And that’s why it’s important to
preserve at least some vestige of an opposition that can perhaps one day
rise from the ashes....
Wherever you live, think about throwing some votes to these guys. Even
if you think the Republican can’t win, don’t vote Democratic. It only
encourages them.
The Boston Herald
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
GOP faces tough Tuesday
By Howie Carr
Chip Ford's CLT Commentary
CLT’S 2½ PAC - "2006 Endorsements for the
Legislature" has been posted.
CLT’s 2½ PAC has endorsed forty-three candidates for the state
Legislature in next Tuesday’s election.
This group includes twenty-six challengers to incumbents, ten candidates
running for open seats, and seven incumbents running for re-election.
The average CLT taxpayer rating of the incumbents being challenged is
eight percent. The average rating of our endorsed incumbents is 95%.
CLT’S 2½ PAC - 2006 Endorsements for the Legislature
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Chip Ford |
The Boston Herald
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
GOP faces tough Tuesday
By Howie Carr
It was Saturday, and I was at the Paper Store in West Roxbury signing
copies of my book, when in walks a damp Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey. She was
early for a scheduled rally around the corner. So she grabs a hardcover
and hands it to me. I ask her what inscription she wants on the title
page.
"I think it’ll have to be 'To Muffy,'" she said. "That’s the way I’ll
always remember you."
Remember me? Is one of us leaving town, Kerry?
Sure, it was just a momentary lapse in the public facade of confidence
all pols have to maintain, no matter how bleak the polls. But the
reality is, someone may be leaving town next Tuesday, and it looks like
it’s the state Republican Party.
The Massachusetts GOP has had a number of near-death experiences in
recent years, but this time it really looks like the next stop could be
Whig-ville, or maybe Federalist Junction.
It’s a bad sign when the Green-Rainbow party has more statewide
candidates on the ballot than the Republicans. And when probably only
five Republicans will be left in the 40-person state Senate come January
- the lowest number since before the Civil War. In the 160-member House,
only 21 Republicans remain, and two of them aren’t seeking re-election.
The problem is, next Tuesday could be one of those tidal waves, like
1990. That was the year all sorts of otherwise unelectable Republicans
ousted veteran Democrats far down the ballot. A Bible salesman was
elected to the Senate from Taunton, an egg farmer won a county office in
Essex and a woman from Natick with a phobia about "germs" took the
Middlesex Registry of Probate, even though I’m not sure she knew what it
was.
This could be one of those years. And that’s why it’s important to
preserve at least some vestige of an opposition that can perhaps one day
rise from the ashes.
On Sunday, when I was down on the Cape signing more books, I ran into
more Republicans running against the tide. There was Aaron Maloy,
seeking a state rep’s seat against Sarah Peake, the limousine liberal
Provincetown selectwoman who last year demanded that a Max Bohm painting
of the Pilgrims voting on the Mayflower Compact be removed from Town
Hall. The reason: No women were voting. It was 1620, Sarah, OK?
Another candidate was Will Crocker, who’s running against the incumbent
Demetrius Atsalis, the rep who claimed he was running a golf tournament
for his charity, only at the time he didn’t have a charity. There was
congressional candidate Jeff Beatty, a veteran who’s taking on Bill
Delahunt, whose nomination papers also describe him as a "vetran."
Wherever you live, think about throwing some votes to these guys. Even
if you think the Republican can’t win, don’t vote Democratic. It only
encourages them.
Another office to think about when you show up at your precinct Tuesday
- Governor’s Council. Can you imagine the sort of moonbats Deval Patrick
is going to appoint to the bench? You need somebody there to at least
stand up every Wednesday and say, "Not through me."
My pal Ted Sarandis is running for the Council as an independent against
America’s Bartender, Mike Callahan. Ted Nation will make it hot for
them. Down in Bristol County, a guy named Phil Paleologos is trying to
oust the flyweight Councilor Carole Fiola. How can you not like a guy
whose signs say "Shawmut Diner" - which he owns.
I wish I had space to list everybody. Rick Barton against U.S. Rep. John
Tierney, Larry Frisoli against Martha Coakley, Will Whittlesey against
state Rep. David Linsky of Natick, yet another tax-deadbeat Democrat.
As for you, Kerry Healey, thanks for buying my book. And no matter what
happens, stick around. Things can change a lot in four years, especially
when moonbats are running the show.
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