Kerry rival fails to make ballot (Boston Globe 6/3)

[Muttocracy]

oops!

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/06/kerry_rival_fai.html

In a major embarrassment to Republican leaders in Massachusetts and in the US Senate, Jim Ogonowski, the party's anointed candidate to challenge Democratic Senator John F. Kerry, failed by a razor-thin margin today to qualify for the GOP primary ballot.

With Ogonowski's stunning blunder, the only GOP name on the primary ballot will be Jeff Beatty, a little-known security expert from Harwich.

According to Secretary of State William F. Galvin's office, Ogonowski's campaign delivered just 9,970 certified voter signatures to its election division today just before the final deadline, 30 short of the 10,000 he needed.

[Vickers]

1. OK, is this "FAIL" or "pWn3d" ???

I get so confused!

:P

[JI7]

2. the GOP should spend more money going after Democrats in strongly blue areas

[Muttocracy]

3. the strategy to contest everything went from GOP last decade to Dems now

GOP is unravelling!

[Kerrytravelers]

4. I remember Rachael Maddow speaking about this the other day.

Apparently, the gop ran around all over Massassachuttes saying they had the One Candidate, the Neo, if you will, who would toss Kerry out of the Senate, on his ass, so hard, the ground would shake with the thud.

This is only a preview of the gop's strength this election cycle.