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Will Delahunt (D, MA-10) cuts and runs.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  March 4th, 2010 at 08:34 PM  | 

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This is his last term.

Representative William Delahunt will not seek re-election to Congress, the seven-term Democrat will announce tomorrow, ending a nearly 40-year career in elected office and giving Republicans hope of capturing the seat, which stretches from Cape Cod to the South Shore.

“It’s got nothing to do with politics,” the Quincy Democrat said today.

Nothing to do with politics, Senator Scott Brown (R, MA) dominating his district, the generally poor atmosphere for incumbent Democrats these days, his ties to Chavez, and/or Amy Bishop. So, an appropriate response:

…and a more relevant question: who should we be targeting next?

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  • http://dezignworx-ae.com tsquare

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE

  • swami7774

    He beat everyone to the punch by announcing his candidacy last month. He’s a solid, rock-ribbed conservative with a track record of relentless campaigning and big electoral wins.
    The question now is: who jumps in from the Dem side? The young Kennedy twerp already said “no.” I’d expect the state Senate president, Therese Murray, to give it a long look. She’s in my district and is a reliable liberal toady. Rob O’Leary, a Democrat state senator from Hyannis, said he’d get in if Delahunt got out. O’Leary is a dullard who bears some physical resemblance to RFK. Other Dems? Can’t think of them right now. But this district is fairly conservative(as MA districts come) and is an excellent shot for a GOP pickup this fall.

  • proudgop

    I think he will be a lot better candidate then Malone ( he has no personal baggage)

    he looks like Scott a little too

  • http://www.neoavatara.com/blog neoavatara

    Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

    Time to turn Massachusetts into a red state!

  • NeoKong

    Jeff Perry

    First of him that I’ve seen but he has promise.
    I’ll keep an eye on this guy.
    Thanks for the heads up Moe.

  • texasgalt

    Here’s a ripe one . . . how ’bout Alan Grayson, FL-8.

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  • bk

    given the way he tried to throw the cops under the bus after the Amy Bishop fiasco.

  • mustango

    Can I put in a suggestion for my parents’ (and once my own) home district of MI-9? That district was held by Joe Knollenberg for 16 years before he got swept out by Bush Derangement in 2008. Shouldn’t be too hard to take back at only D+2.

  • Adjoran

    We would have beaten this flack easily if he had succumbed to Pelosi’s pressure to run for one more term. The Amy Bishop stuff would have doomed him. Now, another party hack whose baggage remains concealed will have a decent chance of holding the seat.

    Scott Brown swept the district, which is only marginally Democratic in registration but has been trending bluer in election results in recent years. Perry is a conservative who will have an uphill fight, but with a chance. Perhaps a “moderate” Republican would have a better chance in the general election than him, but then we would just have another squish to put up with.

    Perry is the best gamble. If he does win, he could hold the seat and be a reasonably conservative vote. When we elect squishes, they only tend to get squishier in office. This should be a year when the RINOs aren’t even thought to be needed by the party establishment.