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Going to Denver

Posted in 6th District, Nelson Benton, Presidential race, The Soap Box on Apr 7th, 2008 Comments Off

There was an upset of sorts in Saturday’s caucus for the election of delegates pledged to Hillary Clinton at this summer Democratic National Convention in Denver. Female delegates are Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll and veteran party activist Agnes Rick…

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Congressional race update

Posted in 6th District, Nelson Benton, The Soap Box on Apr 7th, 2008 Comments Off

Word is that Manchester’s Rick Barton, who took on incumbent John Tierney in the 6th District congressional race two years ago, will not be running this year after all. According to one Barton supporter who took part in a conference call over the…

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Illegal immigration: How big an issue?

Posted in 6th District, Massachusetts politics, Nelson Benton, Presidential race, The Soap Box on Jan 31st, 2008 Comments Off

Outrage over the more liberal provisions of the bipartisan immigration bill put forward last year had everyone from Harry Reid to John McCain to George Bush running for cover. Yet here we are less than a year later and McCain is leading the GOP pack de…

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Tierney has some questions

Posted in 6th District, Nelson Benton, The Soap Box on Jan 2nd, 2008 Comments Off

Count U.S. Rep. John Tierney, D-Salem, among those who are understandably concerned about the effectiveness of U.S. aid to the Musharraf regime in Pakistan. He was quoted in a New York Times story published around Christmas as having serious doubts whe…

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