Ed Markey versus the swift boater

[babylonsister]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/03/1206717/-Ed-Markey-versus-the-swift-boater

Fri May 03, 2013 at 11:59 AM PDT
Ed Markey versus the swift boater

by Joan McCarter

This is not encouraging:

PPP warned us that their new Massachusetts poll would depict a close race, and they weren't kidding. Fresh off Tuesday's primary, here's where things stand:

Ed Markey (D): 44
Gabriel Gomez (R): 40
Undecided: 16

As David Nir says, that's not terribly surprising, because Massachusetts isn't necessarily a lock for Democrats down ballot. Witness Scott Brown. And like Scott Brown, Republican Gabriel Gomez is trying to sell himself as a guy who's above the political fray, who says he "sees 'a lot of unproductive noise and bickering' in Washington and thinks he can help fix problems.'"

But as Jed Lewison writes, he's anything but. He's nothing more than a swift boater, the spokesman for a right-wing, secretly funded special interest group called the Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund. That's the group that spent nearly $500,000 attacking President Obama in the 2012 election over supposed leaks about the operation that killed Osama bin Laden. That's apparently not "unproductive noise" in Gomez's world.

Which perhaps makes him less like Scott Brown than, say, Alan West. Whatever the comparison, that's not what the Senate needs. Help Ed Markey get the word out about who Gomez really is.

Please donate $3 to Ed Markey or Senate.

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Jed Lewison's article here:

Fri May 03, 2013 at 10:09 AM PDT
Markey calls out Gomez for trying to swiftboat Obama, or as NRSC spox says: 'Markey goes ugly early'

by Jed Lewison

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/03/1206669/-Markey-calls-out-Gomez-for-trying-to-swiftboat-Obama-or-as-NRSC-spox-says-Markey-goes-ugly-early

[sheshe2]

1. I googled Gomez, tuesday night.

LINK:

http://www.gomezforma.com/

I am a Markey supporter here. I don't love those poll #'s. We've got our work cut out for us!

Thanks for the OP, babylonsister!

[Mass]

2. Dont like the numbers either, but there is more to these numbers than just the horse race.

From PPP's post about the poll

The good news for Markey in the poll beyond the obvious fact that he’s in the lead is that Barack Obama remains pretty popular in the state. He has a 53/41 approval rating. Obama was at only 44/43 when Brown won in 2010 and the President’s lack of popularity was a big contributor to the upset. He’s in a much better position this time around. The pool of undecided voters also sets up well for Markey- they voted for Obama by 18 points in November, 32% are liberals compared to only 25% who are conservatives, and 61% of them are women. Those are all demographics that ought to end up favorable to him in the end.

I am not sure whether the Tea Party push that Gomez's website is showing will help him once he starts to be well known. I hope Markey accepts the debates as it may be the only way to make the truth about Gomez known, aside from TV ads.


http://bluemassgroup.com/

[sheshe2]

3. Thanks Mass.

I found this link in your, Blue Mass link:

Climate change is real. However, while science says climate change is real, addressing the problem must be done rationally. Unfortunately, many solutions offered by politicians in Washington are not rational, and would put America at a competitive disadvantage. We need a serious energy agenda that promotes private sector innovation in both the United States and in other countries around the world.

Oh, I get it. He supports confronting climate change with a national policy to spur clean energy projects like Cape Wind, right? Not exactly:

Gomez, however, said [Cape Wind] is an issue that should be decided at the local level, and that the local authorities have been pretty much excluded from the process. Gomez made it clear his is opposed to Cape Wind.

So, local control all the way! Then he must oppose Keystone XL tar sands pipeline because of strong local opposition, right? Wrong again:

The Obama administration is wrong in stopping the Keystone pipeline, a project that will create jobs, drive down our energy costs, and help us to become energy independent.

http://bluemassgroup.com/2013/05/gabriel-gomez-is-completely-incoherent-on-climate-and-energy-policy/

I don't think MA voters are going to like those views~