Marty Lamb spoke to me before his appearance on WCRN Saturday.
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Voices of the candidates: Marty Lamb ma-3 on WCRN
Posted: October 11, 2010 by datechguy in elections, politics, special events, tea partiesTags: 2010 elections, election 2010, ma-3, marty lamb, voices of the candidates
Scott Brown Feeling? Guys you don’t know the half of it
Posted: October 11, 2010 by datechguy in elections, internet/free speech, politics, tea partiesTags: 2010 elections, election 2010, ma-1, ma-10, ma-2, ma-3, ma-4, ma-5, ma-6, ma-7, ma-9, massachusetts elections, robert stacy mccain, scott brown feeling
Glenn links to Stacy’s latest about that Scott Brown Feeling
That’s the big story here. Barney Frank’s MA-4 seat isn’t on Charlie Cook’s radar, either, but Sean Bielat clearly has Barney on the defensive here. The only Massachusetts seats ranked by Cook are the open MA-10 seat (“leans Democrat,” with a no-name Democrat against Republican Jeff Perry) and MA-5 (“likely Democrat” with Republican Jon Golnik challenging Niki Tsongas).
If Bielat can beat Barney — and Barney seems to be sweating it now — then those Perry and Golnik will also be riding that Big Red Wave, here in Massachusetts where “Downtown Scotty Brown” already proved the Democrats can be beat. Just last night, thanks to my friend Pete Da Tech Guy, I interviewed three candidates — Bill Gunn in MA-1, Tom Wesley in MA-2, Marty Lamb in MA-3 — all of whom are running hard in districts that Scott Brown won in January.
If that Big Red Wave hits on Nov. 2, there are no “safe” Democrats.
I had a talk with hard-working canvasser this month doors were in the process of slamming until the word “Republican” was spoken. At that point doors opened and lit taken. This has been the regular experience reported to me. Combine this with the Jim McKenna results and this state is a wagon of Nitro about to blow up on Democrats.
Listen the only absolutely safe seat in Ma for democrats is ma-8 and that’s only safe because there is no opposition. I’m cautiously predicting 3 seats but if I woke up to 7 I would not be shocked. (Nine now THAT would shock me)!
Update: Stacy is on the Bielat/Beat Barney beat and has this story in the Spectator that says in part:
“They’ve got no operation over there,” Phillips said of the Frank campaign. As Bielat told reporters at a Sept. 26 rally, “They have one campaign office. It’s always empty. We have three. They’re always full.”
Bielat’s Newton office wasn’t full Sunday morning, but it was open and in full swing, with at least three volunteers calling voters in a telephone canvassing operation that has already reached some 30,000 likely voters and, at a pace of more than 2,000 new contacts daily, could approach the 50,000 mark within a week.
This is going to be a huge night in Massachusetts. It will be the place to be on election day.
It figures, Stacy McCain is in Massachusetts…
Posted: October 10, 2010 by datechguy in blogs, congress, elections, politicsTags: 2010 elections, charlie baker, election 2010, ma-1, ma-10, ma-2, ma-3, ma-4, robert stacy mccain
…and I have a wedding today.
I managed to talk to him last night after he landed and managed to get a few minutes on the phone with Marty Lamb, Tom Wesley and Bill Gunn before they went on the air last night. You will likely read about that in the next day or two at his blog.
Today he is noticing the negative ads Deval Patrick outside groups have been hitting Baker with relentlessly:
Charles Baker is the Republican candidate challenging Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. Lately, Baker has been targeted by attack ads from a group called “Bay State Future,” headed by Barbara Weniger. But this group is actually a front for Democrats and labor unions
Democrats in this state are VERY scared. You have seen very little polling outside of ma-10, the governor’s race and ma-4 (Barney Frank vs Sean Beilat). If the true extent of what is going on here in Massachusetts gets out the democratic morale and fundraiser nationally could collapse.
Some people have not believed what I’ve been saying about Massachusetts, perhaps once Stacy has a few days in the state he can corroborate what I’ve been reporting.
Photos from last nights WCRN candidate event
Posted: October 10, 2010 by datechguy in congress, DaTechGuy on DaRadio, elections, politics, special eventsTags: 2010 elections, bill gunn, conservatively speaking, datechguy on daradio, election 2010, ma-1, ma-2, ma-3, marty lamb, massachusetts elections, tom wesley, wcrn
We had a great time both before and after the WCRN broadcast.
Senator Richard Moore and wife just after the first hour
Before the congressional candidates Dem State Senator Richard Moore was on the air
In the Studio
The three wise men before the show
Three future congressmen
Bill and Marty’s wives joined in for a shot.
Five of the nicest people you will meet
There were quite a few callers from over the state
In the Studio
We took some photos just after we got off the air
The Gang on the air
And Marty provided us with his famous Congressional Barf Bags
Marty Lamb's famous congressional barf bags
After the show we went to a place called Sweet in Worcester
The Gang at Sweet
The crew here was very busy:
Filling pastry orders
And they Don’t stuff the Cannoli until you order:
No soggy cannoli shells here
The place was full and rocking
The place was pretty busy
But John and Sam were the stars of the show
Republicans and Democrats in sweet agreement
In two weeks we will have Bill Gunn, Tom Wesley and Marty Lamb on again. We hope you tune in.
Update: Here is a video I shot at Sweet
I have no idea why I called John “Tom” in that video. Late night I guess.
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