MA-10/Jeff Perry (R): the victim breaks her silence

[Brittain33]

This is not the story Jeff Perry wanted in the newspapers two weeks before Election Day. 14 years old, good God!

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/10/breaking_silenc.html

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[tpfkaw]

Funny that among the four competitive races in Massachusetts, the MAGOP nominate their two weakest candidates in the ones thought to be most competitive, and their two strongest in the ones thought to be least competitive.

[tmthforu94]

The Democrats must be desperate here if this is the "scandal" they're going to spin.

[tpfkaw]

The Democrats must be desperate here if this is the "scandal" they're going to spin.

Well, I find it pretty awful.  If I were in MA-10, I'd probably vote for Jim Sheets (I) at this point.

[Brittain33]

The Democrats must be desperate here if this is the "scandal" they're going to spin.

This has been an ongoing story with Perry all year, and one reason I'm baffled Republicans chose him to be their nominee. He also lied about having a degree from a diploma mill. He's just a poor quality individual to send to Washington. Aqua Buddha, this isn't.

[Brittain33]

Funny that among the four competitive races in Massachusetts, the MAGOP nominate their two weakest candidates in the ones thought to be most competitive, and their two strongest in the ones thought to be least competitive.

I'm guessing you're calling MA-4 as strong candidate, least competitive seat; are you talking about MA-5 and MA-6 for the others? Is there a strong candidate in MA-5 this year?

[DrScholl]

This one is quite unsettling.

[Brittain33]

The Democrats must be desperate here if this is the "scandal" they're going to spin.

Well, I find it pretty awful.  If I were in MA-10, I'd probably vote for Jim Sheets (I) at this point.

From a national Republican point of view, I don't see anything particularly wrong with Perry losing. He'd fall to whatever competent Democrat runs against him in 2012, and with reapportionment, if the Dems win this seat they're going to have to sacrifice an incumbent in the state anyway. Republicans don't need to pass any actual legislation with the House, they just need chairmanships so they can set the agenda and start investigating everything in sight.

[tpfkaw]

Funny that among the four competitive races in Massachusetts, the MAGOP nominate their two weakest candidates in the ones thought to be most competitive, and their two strongest in the ones thought to be least competitive.

I'm guessing you're calling MA-4 as strong candidate, least competitive seat; are you talking about MA-5 and MA-6 for the others? Is there a strong candidate in MA-5 this year?

Well, Golnik (MA-5) isn't exactly "strong," he's more generic R, but compared to Hudak and Perry he's strong.

[redcommander]

Funny that among the four competitive races in Massachusetts, the MAGOP nominate their two weakest candidates in the ones thought to be most competitive, and their two strongest in the ones thought to be least competitive.

I'm guessing you're calling MA-4 as strong candidate, least competitive seat; are you talking about MA-5 and MA-6 for the others? Is there a strong candidate in MA-5 this year?

Well, Golnik (MA-5) isn't exactly "strong," he's more generic R, but compared to Hudak and Perry he's strong.

Which seat do you see Republicans having the best chance of picking up at this point? Because it seems like the MA-10 is looking more and more likely to be a Dem victory.

[Dgov]

Funny that among the four competitive races in Massachusetts, the MAGOP nominate their two weakest candidates in the ones thought to be most competitive, and their two strongest in the ones thought to be least competitive.

I'm guessing you're calling MA-4 as strong candidate, least competitive seat; are you talking about MA-5 and MA-6 for the others? Is there a strong candidate in MA-5 this year?

Well, Golnik (MA-5) isn't exactly "strong," he's more generic R, but compared to Hudak and Perry he's strong.

Which seat do you see Republicans having the best chance of picking up at this point? Because it seems like the MA-10 is looking more and more likely to be a Dem victory.

Funny, considering Cook just moved the race to tossup (from Lean Democrat).  I'd give the Republicans at least a 50/50 shot at winning this district

[minionofmidas]

Funny that among the four competitive races in Massachusetts, the MAGOP nominate their two weakest candidates in the ones thought to be most competitive, and their two strongest in the ones thought to be least competitive.

I'm guessing you're calling MA-4 as strong candidate, least competitive seat; are you talking about MA-5 and MA-6 for the others? Is there a strong candidate in MA-5 this year?

Well, Golnik (MA-5) isn't exactly "strong," he's more generic R, but compared to Hudak and Perry he's strong.

Which seat do you see Republicans having the best chance of picking up at this point? Because it seems like the MA-10 is looking more and more likely to be a Dem victory.

MA-10 is the only competitive seat in the state. Though R tallies across the state will look reasonable for once, which is a massive improvement.

Funny that among the four competitive races in Massachusetts, the MAGOP nominate their two weakest candidates in the ones thought to be most competitive, and their two strongest in the ones thought to be least competitive.

I'm guessing you're calling MA-4 as strong candidate, least competitive seat; are you talking about MA-5 and MA-6 for the others? Is there a strong candidate in MA-5 this year?

Well, Golnik (MA-5) isn't exactly "strong," he's more generic R, but compared to Hudak and Perry he's strong.

Which seat do you see Republicans having the best chance of picking up at this point? Because it seems like the MA-10 is looking more and more likely to be a Dem victory.

Funny, considering Cook just moved the race to tossup (from Lean Democrat).  I'd give the Republicans at least a 50/50 shot at winning this district

Cook, CQ etc are all very much lagging indicators.

[Vepres]

Funny that among the four competitive races in Massachusetts, the MAGOP nominate their two weakest candidates in the ones thought to be most competitive, and their two strongest in the ones thought to be least competitive.

I'm guessing you're calling MA-4 as strong candidate, least competitive seat; are you talking about MA-5 and MA-6 for the others? Is there a strong candidate in MA-5 this year?

Well, Golnik (MA-5) isn't exactly "strong," he's more generic R, but compared to Hudak and Perry he's strong.

Which seat do you see Republicans having the best chance of picking up at this point? Because it seems like the MA-10 is looking more and more likely to be a Dem victory.

MA-04,05,06 are all possible, but very unlikely to say the least.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

This is almost literally the only thing the Democrat has campaigned on for the whole race. Which should send off a lot of alarm bells to begin with...

But before we get too nostaligic for Malone, if he was any kind of strong challenger here, he wouldn't have lost the primary by 2:1.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

 did something just happen that she decided she needed to speak up at this precise moment as opposed to earlier?

[Sbane]

did something just happen that she decided she needed to speak up at this precise moment as opposed to earlier?

Maybe she wants to prevent a guy she rightfully hates from going to congress? This one sounds pretty f'in messed up. Much, much worse than Aqua Buddha. Not even comparable really.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

did something just happen that she decided she needed to speak up at this precise moment as opposed to earlier?

Maybe she wants to prevent a guy she rightfully hates from going to congress? This one sounds pretty f'in messed up. Much, much worse than Aqua Buddha. Not even comparable really.

yeah, but he's been running for congress for a while now.

[Dgov]

did something just happen that she decided she needed to speak up at this precise moment as opposed to earlier?

Maybe she wants to prevent a guy she rightfully hates from going to congress? This one sounds pretty f'in messed up. Much, much worse than Aqua Buddha. Not even comparable really.

yeah, but he's been running for congress for a while now.

It might be that the race has gotten too close for the Democrats.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

did something just happen that she decided she needed to speak up at this precise moment as opposed to earlier?

Maybe she wants to prevent a guy she rightfully hates from going to congress? This one sounds pretty f'in messed up. Much, much worse than Aqua Buddha. Not even comparable really.

yeah, but he's been running for congress for a while now.

It might be that the race has gotten too close for the Democrats.

the possibility of a Republican taking this seat should have been clear since Scott Brown's victory.  assuming this is legitimate I don't want to disparage her finally coming forward, but it would have made sense to do so before the primary.

[Sbane]

did something just happen that she decided she needed to speak up at this precise moment as opposed to earlier?

Maybe she wants to prevent a guy she rightfully hates from going to congress? This one sounds pretty f'in messed up. Much, much worse than Aqua Buddha. Not even comparable really.

yeah, but he's been running for congress for a while now.

It might be that the race has gotten too close for the Democrats.

assuming this is legitimate I don't want to disparage her finally coming forward, but it would have made sense to do so before the primary.

This is certainly true. I don't know why she didn't come forward then, but it's not as if most people know who is running in the primaries. She might not have even known this guy was running till a few months ago. So if she didn't take him out in the primaries, I suppose it makes sense to wait till October to speak out since it would be most effective then?