Saturday, January 12, 2008

Ogo Ups His Goal

This has long been in the rumor/feeler stages, but today the AP reports that Jim Ogonowski really will run for US Senate against John Kerry.

Ogo turned out to not be a very good candidate when he ran for Congress last year in a special election, losing by a solid margin to Niki Tsongas. He didn't raise much money, never gained a strong debating presence, and couldn't seem to translate his personal story into a campaign theme.

Now he'll try running in areas far beyond where his local name recognition means anything, in far more heavily Democratic parts of the state, in what will be a huge Presidential-ballot turnout, against an incumbent with enormous resources. Good luck with that.

But, at least the state GOP will have someone on the ballot.

1/12/2008 5:29:27 PM by David S. Bernstein | Comments [1] |
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Saturday, January 12, 2008 9:08:40 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

Jim Ogonowski may have beem a first time and less than polished candidate -- but I wouldn;t say he lost by a "solid" margin --- losig by only 6 points in a very Democratic district -- and winning many, many moderate Democratic communities. Tsongas won on the large margins she piled up in places like Lincoln & Wayland. The working class towns liked Ogo.

Mike from Lowell

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