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Archive for April 7th, 2008

Going to Denver

Posted in 6th District, Nelson Benton, Presidential race, Uncategorized on Apr 7th, 2008 Comments

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 Ricko of Lynn. But in the contest for the two delegate slots reserved for males, Rowley’s Stan Slepoy [...]

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Another prince of political darkness

Posted in Presidential race, Taylor Armerding on Apr 7th, 2008 Comments

Interesting - now that Mark Penn, the pollster and senior strategist for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, has been forced to resign, at least from the strategist gig, we’re finally hearing from the mainstream press what we should have been hearing long ago.
Penn was pushed out for one specific conflict of interest - he met [...]

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Congressional race update

Posted in 6th District, Nelson Benton on Apr 7th, 2008 Comments

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 weekend, the former airline pilot is moving to Florida. Which would leave West [...]

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