Breaking: Andy Card Closer to Running for US Senate - Formal Announcement Within Days

Interesting Couple of Days ... (0.00 / 0)

I googled Andy and got this ..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...

In Massachusetts yet, is he kidding?

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by: nomad943 @ Wed Sep 09, 2009 at 18:38:33 PM CDT

And yet... (0.00 / 0)

...any negative information about Obama, no matter how true is curiously screened from Wikipedia.

hmmmm...  Interesting

"Don't let me get away with it. Check me out. Don't be the sucker generation." -Ronald Reagan

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by: BrocktonDave @ Wed Sep 09, 2009 at 18:42:34 PM CDT

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Problem Is .. (5.00 / 2)

My guess is Andy is proud to have that on top of his resume. That is the bigger problem.

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by: nomad943 @ Wed Sep 09, 2009 at 18:44:12 PM CDT

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Yes! Yes! Yes! (0.00 / 0)

Who is going to be running this campaign?

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by: bostonmaggie @ Wed Sep 09, 2009 at 19:24:13 PM CDT

Might As Well Be Senator Sorghum (0.00 / 0)

This is a major wake up call to anyone that thought the national party had a flipping clue. Rebuilding the party to be a mirror image of the past ... yeah, that will fly.
Hope this doesnt turn into a drag on the governors race, there are some GOP ideas that actualy have traction , if we could distance ourselves from those other ideas.
I guess not yet.

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by: nomad943 @ Wed Sep 09, 2009 at 19:29:40 PM CDT

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And your suggestion? (0.00 / 0)

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by: bostonmaggie @ Wed Sep 09, 2009 at 19:39:44 PM CDT

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Suggestion About What? (0.00 / 0)

Salvaging a good governors race ? ... Hmm .
It may be a good thing that the senate race is so short cycle. If Andy loses real quick and quiet people might not remember that they hated GW way more than they do Deval.
Some of these people are more worthy of indicting than nominating.  

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by: nomad943 @ Wed Sep 09, 2009 at 19:46:06 PM CDT

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Does Card have a war chest? (0.00 / 0)

If not, he's starting from the same financial point as Sen. Brown.  Unless Card is a multi-millionaire, like Mihos, who can self fund.

Obviously Andy Card has more connections to raise money, but wouldn't be nice to think that he (and the RNC) would be willing to tap those connections for a solid Republican candidate that didn't have the most recent Bush administration tied around his neck.

Things have to go almost perfect for a Republican to win this seat.  I just wonder if the image of the Bush administration is one hurdle that shouldn't be self-imposed.

Marc

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by: msc22777 @ Thu Sep 10, 2009 at 07:04:42 AM CDT

Disaster (0.00 / 0)

I respect Andy Card and I have nothing but respect for President Bush but general perceptions amongst the electorate are more powerful than my opinions. Andy Card wont get any more votes against the Democrat nominee than Ken Chase did against Ted Kennedy in the last race. That would be an embarrassment to the party and to a very fine man who served his country well in the last administration. More importantly Mr. Card's deliberations are sifting out the Republican field of some very good potential candidates who will step out of the way for someone who can raise money on a national level. I dont even think Karl Rove would agree that Card could win this seat.

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by: PEMGOP @ Thu Sep 10, 2009 at 08:55:47 AM CDT

RMG 'learned that Secretary Card will indeed make an announcement of his candidacy for the US Senate Seat tonight.' (0.00 / 0)

Anyways...

Did this speech feel to you like an apology for letting us down?  I was very touched by his devotion to his wife's ministry.  I'm not so sure he means to run, and really, I'd be enthusiastic for Brown.

That said, if Card runs, he has my support, but I just wonder if this is the slam-dunk being reported...

Yr. Obedient Servant, Peter Porcupine, Republican

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by: Peter Porcupine @ Fri Sep 11, 2009 at 16:11:08 PM CDT

Its not (0.00 / 0)

He just announced he won't run. http://www.bostonherald.com/ne...
So, is it Scott Brown, or no strong R now? I hope he will help Brown with his campaign. This is starting to look bad. Everyone thought Healey was definitely going to run. She didn't. We thought Mihos was definitely going to run. He isn't. We thought Card was definitely going to run. He isn't. Yikes.

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by: chevyrox @ Fri Sep 11, 2009 at 20:24:55 PM CDT

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Read the front page (0.00 / 0)

Cheer Up!

Brown is going to announce tomorrow at 2PM on Beacon Hill.

Healey was just a name that was thrown out there early, and went away just as quickly (with a few others).  I was never quite sure where Card was, and apparently Mihos was in the race for about 8 minutes :)

I had a good feeling about Brown.  I recall an interview he did long ago when it was becoming public knoweldge just how ill Ted Kennedy really was.  He said (paraphrasing) "Well, we never know what will happen with Kenndy's seat".  I believe the response was to a question about whether he would ever consider running for Governor (it's all so foggy now).  I suspected back then he may have been mulling the idea over.

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by: garyrlake @ Fri Sep 11, 2009 at 23:52:24 PM CDT

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