Posts Tagged ‘political party’
No Shame in Voting for Moderates
02Nov12
Call me a homer. Call me provincial. You can even call me a Republican if it makes you happy and you don’t care much about accuracy. But on Tuesday, Nov. 6, I’ll be voting for the two moderate candidates from Wakefield, Massachusetts: Scott Brown and Richard Tisei, over their extremely partisan opponents. Tisei lives in […]
Filed under: Columns & Essays, News, Opinion, Politics | Leave a Comment
Tags: 2012 election, bipartisan, campaign, candidates, Democrat, election, election Senate Congress, gridlock, MA, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, moderates, partisan, political party, politician, Politics, Republican, Richard Tisei, Scott Brown, Wakefield, Wakefield Daily Item
Election Ennui
18Dec09
Congratulations to the voters of Wakefield, Massachusetts. One in four of you came out to vote in the recent special primary election to choose Teddy Kennedy’s successor in the US Senate. Wakefield’s 26 percent participation was nearly double the statewide turnout of 14 percent. Somewhere, the Founding Fathers must be beaming with pride. In the […]
Filed under: Columns & Essays, Community, News, Opinion, Politics, Wakefield | 3 Comments
Tags: Alan Khazei, campaigns, candidate, candidates, conservative, conservatives, Daily Item, Democrat, Democratic, Democrats, Denocratic Party, Edward Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy, election, elections, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Harry Truman, Jack E. Robinson, Jack Kennedy, JFK, John F. Kennedy, left-wing, liberal, liberals, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts, Michael Capuano, Mike Capuano, moonbat, moonbats, Nancy Pelosi, political campaign, political parties, political party, Politics, primary, primary election, Republican, Republican Party, Republicans, Scott Brown, special election, Stephen Pagliuca, Steve Pagliuca, Ted Kennedy, Teddy Kennedy, United States Senate, US Senate, vote, voters, voting, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Item, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Mass, Wakefield Massachusetts
Mark Sardella 