Who's up for a "Draft William F. Weld for U.S. Senate" effort?

I'll pass (5.00 / 2)

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by: Rob "EaBo Clipper" Eno @ Fri Feb 01, 2013 at 21:01:49 PM UTC

This race will get lots of national attention. (0.00 / 0)

Why not run a candidate who represents Americans who have lost confidence in Obama?

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by: Couves @ Sat Feb 02, 2013 at 02:49:19 AM UTC

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Just one of the many examples of... (4.00 / 1)

...conservatives who just don't get it.  You write, "Why not run a candidate who represents Americans who have lost confidence in Obama?"

If you think about that for 1 minute, it shows how out of step with reality you are.  Just 3 months ago Obama won a national election by 3 million votes and his public approval rating has increased since then.  This popularity is only magnified in Massachusetts.  Yet you want to make the race a referendum on the President?  Please do.

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by: Simple J. Malarkey @ Sat Feb 02, 2013 at 14:52:00 PM UTC

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Scott Brown did it. (0.00 / 0)

It's not easy, but it's not impossible either.

The fact that Obama is riding high right now is all the more reason to go for it.

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by: Couves @ Sat Feb 02, 2013 at 17:12:03 PM UTC

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Different world than Jan. 2010... (4.00 / 1)

...teaparty rage was in full bloom...none of that today.  

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by: Simple J. Malarkey @ Sun Feb 03, 2013 at 23:00:21 PM UTC

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The opposition is still there, (0.00 / 0)

particularly among the true believers in the tea party.

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by: Couves @ Mon Feb 04, 2013 at 02:25:37 AM UTC

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True believers only... (0.00 / 0)

...do not win elections.  You ned 50% plus 1.  In Jan '10, there were way more than the true believers.

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by: Simple J. Malarkey @ Mon Feb 04, 2013 at 03:23:12 AM UTC

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I agree. (0.00 / 0)

That's the idea behind running someone who actually endorsed Obama in 2008.  But you seemed to credit "teaparty rage" with Scott Brown's victory -- that's what I was responding to.

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by: Couves @ Mon Feb 04, 2013 at 05:39:48 AM UTC

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Even (0.00 / 0)

I can't support him, and he's family.

G.O.P. Growth. Opportunity. Prosperity. For all Americans.

Karl (TLC)Weld

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by: TLCWeld @ Fri Feb 01, 2013 at 21:05:27 PM UTC

Is he a resident? (0.00 / 0)

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by: Patrick @ Fri Feb 01, 2013 at 22:56:57 PM UTC

Yup, Big Red is Back! (0.00 / 0)

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by: Couves @ Sat Feb 02, 2013 at 02:58:24 AM UTC

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I dunno... (0.00 / 0)

http://www.bostonglobe.com/opi...

Could Weld run? One report is that the former governor turned former New Yorker had to take a No New Politics pledge as a precondition of his hiring at Mintz Levin and ML Strategies, where old friends Steve Tocco and Bob Popeo work.

"It never came up," he asserts.

Really?  It never came up?

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by: Patrick @ Sat Feb 02, 2013 at 03:18:20 AM UTC

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Yeah, just what the Senate needs, (0.00 / 0)

...another Angus Effing King.  

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by: geo999 @ Sat Feb 02, 2013 at 19:22:50 PM UTC

No way (0.00 / 0)

He endorsed Obama over a true American hero.  End of discussion.  

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by: Bravehaht @ Sat Feb 02, 2013 at 22:12:22 PM UTC

End of the GOP (0.00 / 0)

A Weld candidacy for any statewide office would cause me to change my registration.

Eww

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by: Edward59 @ Sun Feb 03, 2013 at 23:53:21 PM UTC

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