Anyone know what's up in Tierney's district?

[MADem]

34. It's very hard to connect.

Back in the day when I'd go knocking on doors, I left more stuff hanging off doorknobs than anything else. And people don't take calls from numbers they don't know.

I help out elderly folk on occasion with rides to the doc, the grocer, and what-have-you. That's my little network. They're a captive audience, too, with known concerns, so it's easy to tailor a pitch for a candidate to them.

It's unfortunate that Tierney was just a flawed candidate. He was effective in that he knew enough to vote the way he was told, to the benefit of the commonwealth and the party platform. His personal dramas didn't help him keep voters or win new ones over.

Hard to know what will happen in the fall.

I don't know if you read Blue Mass Group at all, but they've got an interesting thread on this contest and the dynamics working throughout the race.


http://bluemassgroup.com/2014/09/tierney-concedes-moulton-the-winner/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bluemassgroup%2Ffront+(Blue+Mass+Group+-+Front+Page)

Some people are being sanguine or simply pragmatic, others say Moulton is "misunderstood," and still others are in the "Hold your nose and vote for him" crowd.

I do know I don't care for Tisei one whit, I can imagine that there are plenty of diehard Dems in the redrawn 6th that feel the same way.