September 2, 2010

Last night we scored a big victory by overwhelmingly winning the Plymouth County GOP Straw Poll 85% to 15%. The Fourth District towns from Plymouth County include Lakeville, Middleboro, Halifax, Rochester, Mattapoisett, Marion and Wareham. This area will be critical to our success against Barney Frank this November. Independent voters in these towns, as well as the central part of the district, broke heavily for Scott Brown in the special election, suggesting they are exceptionally agitated by the direction of our country and the lack of progr...

   

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It's time for a change--just look at the current state of the economy, or our political leadership's focus on redistributing wealth rather than creating prosperity, or the idea that government should be continually expanded to address any and all problems. Too often our elected officials put representation of an ideology ahead of representation of the people. We need legislators who embrace their responsibilities under the Constitution and represent the values and needs of their constituents. Our Congress should be of the people and for the people. We need new leadership in Congress and a new voice for Massachusetts.

For too long, voters in Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District have lacked real choices in November. Incumbent politicians have enormous advantages over challengers and often the result is that incumbents face no challenge or only weak competition. Representative Barney Frank has spent almost 30 years in Congress and it's time for us to really consider whether he continues to represent our views. Many believe that his positions are far outside the mainstream and, most importantly, he is out of touch with the people of Massachusetts.