comMITTed to Romney!

Here’s a very basic political question for you. Does John McCain know what the hell he’s doing?

Judging from the reaction he is getting from his own supporters, I’d say the answer is no.

We are witnessing the closing weeks of an epic presidential campaign that has seen history made on several fronts. Mitt Romney, the only LDS candidate to run a nationwide campaign for President. My apologies to any other LDS candidate that may have had a presidential campaign, I am just not aware of any others that ran a major national campaign.

Hillary Clinton, the first woman to run a major national campaign for the Presidency. Barack Obama, the first African-American to run for the presidency. Sarah Palin, the first woman to be picked to run as VP for the Republican Party. John McCain the first former POW to run for the presidency.

As much as I admire Sen. McCain for his service to his country, I have to say that I am mystified by his campaign strategy. Writing off Michigan, a swing state with 17 electoral votes. A state that might have been winnable with the right message. A message of how the American auto industry would finally get a level playing field with some of it’s competitors by having a candidate that promoted cutting the federal corporate tax rate, instead of dampening the enthusiasm of his crowds by lecturing them on a bogus civility. I am not advocating running a dirty campaign, but as that old political saying goes: “Politics ain’t beanbag.”

Sen. McCain has found himself in the unenviable position of being booed by his own crowds. I can fully sympathize with that crowd in Minnesota the other day that wanted him to bring the fight to Obama on his association with radical Bill Ayers. Why on earth the McCain campaign let this slide until less than three weeks remaining in the campaign remains a puzzlement to me. Bringing it up now smacks of desperation, not quite the message you want to send to the troops in the field. But if you are not going to hammer Obama on his job-killing tax proposals, dangerous foreign policy proposals and his general affection for leftist solutions to whatever ails the country at any given point in time, at least the Ayers connection is something conservative crowds can relate to.

The reason McCain is so out of touch with conservative crowds is because he is not a conservative. This won’t come as a surprise to most of you, but for those newcomers to politics, they may not have been engaged in the process long enough to remember President Reagan and for the college aged readers of this site, they weren’t even born during his administration. If all they remember is the last of the Clinton administration and Bushes’ two terms, they might not be expected to know a true conservative if they bumped into one in the hallway. So, if anyone is tempted to believe the MSM spin that McCain represents the center-right of the Republican Party, don’t buy it. He is getting booed in the Heartland because we see ourselves going down to defeat, while he preaches on the need to play nice with Obama.

As you may know, I have thrown in the towel on this Presidential election. If my state permits it, I will write in Mitt Romney for president. During the course of my involvement in this election, I have become aware of several candidates that I consider true conservatives, people that I can help promote in the future. People like Sarah Steelman and Dr. Bob Onder here in Missouri. Jason Chaffetz in Utah, Jeff Beatty in Massachusetts and William Russell in Pennsylvania. So, although the outcome of this election looks grim at the moment, a last minute reversal is always possible. So whether we win or lose, the commitment to Gov. Romney, the Free and Strong America PAC and other fine conservative candidates is ongoing.

Let’s all stay engaged in the process because, to quote Pat Buchanan, “You can’t legally, have more fun than a Presidential election!”

~~John Cronin~~

http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/11/mccain-seeks-to-calm-angry-supporters/

It was a surreal scene during John McCain’s town hall meeting Friday as the GOP nominee was forced at times to defend Barack Obama as he urged thousands of supporters to cool their increasingly vitriolic anti-Obama rhetoric.

McCain sought to calm his raucous audience by lightening his criticism of Obama at times and repeatedly pleading with the crowd to be “respectful” of the Democratic nominee only to be repeatedly booed today. Supporters at recent rallies have shouted out that Obama is a terrorist, traitor and criminal, among other choice words.

“We want to fight, and I will fight but we will be respectful. I admire Senator Obama and his accomplishments. I will respect him,” McCain said to a chorus of boos as he tried to answer a supporter who urged him to engage in a “real fight.”

“I want everyone to be respectful and lets make sure we are because that’s the way politics should be conducted…now I don’t mean that has to reduce your ferocity. I just mean its got to be respectful. OK,” he said.

But for the second day in a row, a McCain town hall meeting felt more like an intervention as staunch supporters repeatedly pleaded with the GOP nominee to attack Obama using his associations with people like Bill Ayers or risk losing in November.

“My wife and I are expecting (a child)…and frankly, we’re scared. We’re scared of an Obama presidency,” one man told McCain asserting that Obama also “cohorts with domestic terrorists.”
“I want to be President of the United States and obviously I do not want Senator Obama to be, but I have to tell you…he is a decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared as President of the United States,” McCain said to additional boos from the crowd. He tried to assuage them by adding, ” if I didn’t think I wouldn’t be one heck of a lot better president I wouldn’t be running,” but received only a smattering of applause.

“Saying the facts about him, and the truth, that needs to come out,” another supporter urged McCain, as yet one other called on him to go to “the mattresses” with Obama at next Wednesday’s debate.

It didn’t stop there. McCain had to literally grab the microphone from one female supporter while she was still asking her question after she called Obama an “Arab.”

“No ma’am. No ma’am. He is a decent family man, a citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that is what this campaign is all about. He is not,” McCain repeated shaking his head.

The new message comes after days of multiple TV and web ads and campaign conference calls attacking Obama’s associations with Bill Ayers, ACORN, Tony Rezko and casting him as an unknown entity who has been dishonest with the American people. Last Saturday, Sarah Palin kicked off the more aggressive message by stating that he “pals around with terrorists” and it escalated with McCain saying Monday that America does not know “the real Barack Obama.”

Though at other times, McCain reluctantly succumbed to the pressure and attacked Obama’s Ayers connection and liberal voting record as farther to the left than socialist Bernie Sanders.

“In order to win this election…you have to talk a little bit, and bring to the attention of the voters, the press is not going to do it for you…some of the associations that have really marred Obama’s life,” former US Senator Rudy Boschwitz recommended during the event.

Noting that he doesn’t care about Ayers or his wife, whom he described as an “old, washed-up terrorists,” McCain said that the bigger issue is that Obama is not being forthright about his relationship with the 60’s radical.

“What we do care about is people telling the truth about their associations with these individuals. That’s what the question is about…Sen. Obama said that Mr. Ayers was a guy in the neighborhood, when in reality, Sen. Obama’s political career was launched in Mr. Ayers living room,” he said to cheers.

But when lobbed a softball question by another town hall attendee to talk about ACORN improprieties McCain punted on drawing the connection between the community organizing group and Obama–a relationship the campaign had been pushing aggressively all day.

While he called for a “a full and complete and thorough investigation” of allegations of voter registration fraud against the group and left it at that.

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Matt Hurley writes about the economic challenges facing Massachusetts, including the fact that the state is one of the few states in the country losing population. Many of the reforms implemented by Gov. Romney are in the process of being undone by Obama pal Deval Patrick as Mass. returns to it’s old Soviet style government.

U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Beatty decries Deval Patrick’s plan to RAISE state income taxes at a time when the voters are angry enough to be supporting a Proposition that will ELIMINATE state income taxes. Talk about being 180 degrees out of touch with the voters!

~~John Cronin~~

http://massdiscussion.blogspot.com/2008/08/massachusetts-update.html

Boston – US Senate Candidate Jeff Beatty called out John Kerry for again for ducking an opportunity to address (much less solve) the problems facing Massachusetts voters.

Speaking at a candidates forum in Holliston, MA, Beatty pointed to the announcement that Deval Patrick will be speaking at the Democratic National Convention with John Kerry continuing his role as super surrogate to Barack Obama as evidence that the attention of these politicians is on self promotion and not on solving the problems of the Commonwealth.

“Gas and food costs are too high, with the price of heating oil two and a half times last year’s price. It’s the middle class that is feeling the squeeze. And where are John Kerry and Deval Patrick during this crisis? On their way to Denver, looking for new jobs and confirming for voters that they are more interested in their own political futures than they are in protecting families and protecting jobs in Massachusetts,” said Jeff Beatty, Republican US Senate nominee, founder of a successful Homeland Security consulting business and former Delta Force Officer.

In his speech today and a Human Events OpEd published this week, Beatty pointed to problems that are going unattended here at home — problems created and piling up while John Kerry and Deval Patrick were supposed to be on the job: “Under Kerry and Patrick, Massachusetts now has one of the nation’s highest property tax burdens, is among the highest in per capita debt, and is one of the few states in the country to be losing population. Now, Governor Patrick is flirting with raising income taxes to wipe away the sins of his Democratic buddies. In short, the Patrick/Kerry movie boils down to a series of broken promises and failed leadership.” Beatty points to evidence, also “piling up”, that Massachusetts voters are now angry enough to turn John Kerry out of office and deliver the Bay State’s 12 electoral votes to John McCain.

He spoke about Obama’s primary loss to Hillary Clinton by 15 points, the Question One ballot measure to eliminate state income tax and a recent poll that shows John McCain closing the gap with Obama from 23 to just 9 points. All of this mounting evidence points to what six months ago may have seemed unlikely in Massachusetts - a potential victory for McCain over Obama and a Jeff Beatty win in the US Senate race against John Kerry.

Posted by Matt Hurley at 3:12 PM

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Jeff Beatty has come out swinging in an interview with the POLITICKERMA.COM. It seems the former Delta Force veteran is less than intimidated by “The One”.

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.politickerma.com/jeremyjacobs/593
/mccain-will-beat-obama-mass-i-ll-beat-kerry-beatty-says

By Jeremy P. Jacobs

Category: President, US SenateTags: Jeff Beatty, John Kerry, Barack Obama, John McCain

Responding to a recent poll showing presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama’s lead over presumptive GOP nominee John McCain in Massachusetts narrowing, Jeff Beatty (R), the Republican challenging U.S. Sen. John Kerry, predicted victory in both his race and for McCain in Massachusetts.

A 7News/Suffolk University poll released Monday showed Obama (Ill.) with a nine-point lead over McCain (Ariz.) - 47 percent to 38 percent. The last 7News/Suffolk University poll, released a month and a half ago, showed Obama leading McCain by 23 points, 53 percent to 30 percent.

“People see him for what he is,” Beatty told PolitickerMA.com referring to Obama. “Obama is shallow. He’s an empty suit. He doesn’t have the relevant experience to work the country out of its problems and John McCain does. I’ve been advocating an action policy to solve these problems and that’s resonating with voters. That’s why I’ll say McCain is going to carry Massachusetts and I’m going to beat John Kerry.”

The Beatty camp contends that McCain is gaining ground in Massachusetts because Bay State voters are not comfortable voting for Obama. Obama’s recent shifts in position on energy policy, they say, have raised doubts about where Obama stands. At the same time, they say, McCain’s brand remains strong among unenrolled voters in Massachusetts.

Beatty said Massachusetts voters may be reluctant to support a candidate about whom they know little after Gov. Deval Patrick’s (D-Milton) missteps after he first took office.

“It’s a function of knowing your voters,” Beatty said, “being out there and listening to them. They’ve seen this movie before; it was John Kerry and Deval Patrick the first time it came out. They don’t’ want to see the John Kerry and Barack Obama version of the movie.”

This isn’t the first time Beatty has predicted McCain would win Massachusetts. In an interview with PolitickerMA.com on July 22, Beatty said if McCain picked former Gov. Mitt Romney (R) to be his vice presidential candidate, he would carry Massachusetts.

Ultimately, Beatty said he is seeing the momentum turning in the GOP’s favor.
“I believe that John McCain will win the 12 electoral votes of the commonwealth of Massachusetts,” he said. “What you saw in the poll yesterday, that’s a tremendous swing.”

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My main man for Massachusett’s Senator, Jeff Beatty, is a Mitt for VP booster! Who knew!

Jeff Beatty’s recommendation of MR to the McCain campaign says two important things. It speaks volumes about Jeff Beatty’s integrity. Gov. Romney endorsed Jeff’s primary opponent, Jim Ogonowski, because Jim did so well in his race against Democrat Nikki Tsongas two years before. Mitt’s endorsement of Ogonowski was understandable, given his performance against a big-name Democrat. Jeff Beatty was a political unknown at the time. A lot of politicians might have harbored a fair amount of resentment toward another politician for endorsing the other guy, even given the circumstances…..but not Beatty. He comes out with his letter recommending Mitt as VP to the party’s presumptive nominee, putting party loyalty before any personal feelings he might have had.

The other thing it says is that the leadership of the Mass. GOP is coalescing behind it’s two brightest stars, Romney and Beatty. This bodes well for the campaign to unseat John Kerry from his perch in the U.S. Senate.

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/x1768854895/The-race-for-second-in-command

Some political analysts put Romney at the top of McCain’s shortlist. Jeff Beatty, a Harwich Republican running against U.S. Sen. John Kerry, sent a letter to McCain Monday urging him to pick Romney.

“Our country faces two great challenges: a National Security challenge and a challenge to our National Economy,” he wrote. “I believe that your leadership as our President and the economic experience of a Vice President Mitt Romney is the combination that will ensure America meets those twin challenges successfully.”

Beatty cited Romney’s experience overseeing the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and leading Massachusetts as governor. “America right now needs leaders with the relevant experience,” he said. “A McCain-Romney ticket offers Americans the best possible Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates with the relevant experience to meet our two top challenges.”

Romney could bring balance to the GOP ticket, Kryzanek said. Romney seems to have closer ties than McCain to the Republican Party’s conservative base. He is also more youthful in appearance, which may help quiet concerns over McCain’s age, the professor said.

“The argument that Romney can make is that he has the economic and business experience and savvy that John McCain does not,” Kryzanek said.

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Although Jeff Beatty acknowledged from the very start of his campaign that it would be “an uphill battle” to unseat 6 term incumbent John Kerry from the US Senate, his campaign has made jaw-dropping progress in the last several months.

Below is part of the report that I received from the Jeff Beatty campaign. Due to it’s length, I hope to post the report over the next 2-3 days. So stay clicked to remain “in the loop” on ALL THINGS JEFF BEATTY!

~~John Cronin~~

The Jeff Beatty Quarterly Report
July 2008

A lot has been going on with the campaign these past months, so to make sure everyone is up to date we’ve released our second quarter report, the text of which follows. Please forward this to anyone who may have missed it, and take a moment to sign the petition to retire John Kerry from the US Senate.

* Summary
* What has the Jeff Beatty campaign done to date and what is the winning strategy?
* Who is Jeff Beatty?
* Why is he running for Senate?
* What are his chances?

Summary
The campaign is exactly where we want to be and, because of the hard and tireless work of people around the Commonwealth, Jeff Beatty is now the Republican nominee for US Senate.

Jeff Beatty’s goal is simple: serve the citizens of Massachusetts and restore leadership that cares about the people to the junior senate seat in Massachusetts.

Beatty has raised almost a $1.25 million dollars from over 35 thousand individual contributions and has over 3 thousand grassroots volunteers ready to do the work needed to “replace John Kerry with one of us” this November.

Jeff Beatty is now sharing his vision at events, fundraisers and with media appearances around the Commonwealth.
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What has Jeff Beatty’s campaign done to date and what is the winning strategy?

The campaign met or exceeded all its milestones in the exploratory phase in 2007.

* $700,000 raised

* 20,000 individual donations

* 500 volunteers

The campaign EXCEEDED its goals for the first half of 2008.

* Be the presumptive Republican Senate nominee – WE ARE THE NOMINEE

* $1,200,000 raised (we exceeded that by several thousand dollars)

* 30,000 individual donations (actual was in excess of 33,000)

* 1,000 volunteers (we exceeded that by nearly 100)

The campaign goals set for 3rd quarter 2008:

* $2,000,000 raised

* 50,000 individual donations

* 3,000 volunteers

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In keeping with the theme of my post “Participatory Democracy”, I would like to introduce our readers to a veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, who is running for Congress in the 1st district of Massachusetts, Nathan Bech.

I am still getting to know Mr. Bech’s positions on the issues, but as most of you know, two of the most important issues for me are Respect For Life and Immigration. Nathan Bech has the positions I am looking for in a candidate, with strong pro life and pro border law enforcement stands.

It’s my understanding that the 1st CD in Massachusetts includes the western region of the state, mainly rural, with Amherst and Holyoke being two of the bigger cities within the 1st district. Oh, and did I mention, very liberal. As conservative as Nathan is, (he describes himself as moderately conservative) running for Congress in western Massachusetts as a Republican is not for someone who discourages easily. As a veteran of Army Intel, it makes sense that Nathan is not the shy, retiring type.

Good Luck to Nathan Bech in his campaign to unseat another out-of-touch liberal Democrat.

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.nathanbech.com/pa/ge/24/immigration

IMMIGRATION

We are a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws. The sacrifice millions of hard working immigrants have made to come to the United States legally is undermined by those who seek an expedited path to prosperity by forgoing the process and breaking our laws. Nathan Bech believes that securing our borders is a matter of national security and fair play to the many law abiding immigrants seeking a new life in the United States.

Secure Our Borders

The first step we must take in order to tackle our immigration problem is to secure our borders. Nathan supports physical and technological barriers as well as a strengthened border patrol. Tight border security includes not just the entry and exit of people, but also the effective screening of cargo at our ports and other points of entry. Nathan also supports the toughest penalties for those who traffic in human cargo.

Tamper Proof ID system

Nathan Bech does not support a National ID card, but does support giving states the technological and financial assistance to create their own tamper proof ID which can be used for instant background checks. Employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens will face increased fines and actual incarceration. When work disappears the vast majority of illegal aliens will voluntarily leave the United States.

Increase Legal Immigration

We must create a temporary worker program for farmers and other seasonal business owners to hire foreign labor. Nathan supports a program that would allow foreign workers to travel to the United States to work for a period of no longer than nine months. Those workers would be required to return to their native countries for a period of time not less than the time spent in the United States before reapplying for temporary worker status.

Nathan supports family reunification as a goal of our immigration policy. Immigrant families are some of the strongest our country has and the decline of the family unit is one of the contributing factors to some of our most insidious social problems.

Nathan also believes we should actively recruit the best and brightest minds from other nations to immigrate to the United States. We need scientists to find cures for disease, technicians to develop software and doctors to care for patients as we begin to provide healthcare to all Americans. While American ingenuity is not dead, we should always be on the look out for the next Albert Einstein.

SANCTITY OF LIFE

Nathan Bech is pro-life and would support legislation which protects the rights of the unborn. Nathan believes that we must take action to protect women and their partners from such dire choices, by ensuring economic opportunity, promoting marriage, and educating them about humane alternatives to abortion.

Promoting Adoption

Musician Faith Hill, President Gerald Ford, Athlete Greg Louganis, and Steve Jobs founder of Apple Computers are just a few examples of adopted children who went on to have a dramatic impact on our culture, politics and economy. As a US Representative, Nathan Bech will seek ways to promote adoption as a first option for women struggling with a crisis pregnancy. Adoption is a gift that should be open to diverse families, and good parents should have the option to adopt inside the United States without undue amounts of red tape.

Torture of Prisoners

Nathan Bech believes we must have one standard for the treatment or prisoners of war or enemy combatants; they should be treated as we would want American service members in the same situation treated. Nathan believes that torture of our enemies not only is ineffectual but undermines our nation’s moral authority to compel human rights improvements around the world. Nathan further believes that we should not allow our allies to take actions on our behalf that we would not be willing to take ourselves.

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http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_9849244?source=rss

By Jennifer Myers, jmyers@lowellsun.com

BOSTON –

Mitt Romney, the former governor and Republican presidential hopeful, has been named chairman of the Massachusetts delegation to the Republican National Convention, the state’s Republican Party announced Wednesday.

“I think the premise that Massachusetts is a blue state is off-base,” state GOP spokesman Barney Keller said. “We had Republican governors here for 16 years, and I think many voters in Massachusetts identify with our message of lower taxes and less government. Governor Romney is a great face for the message.”

The national convention will be held Sept. 1-4 in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Massachusetts Republicans will send 43 delegates and 40 alternates to the convention.

Locally, Dennis Galvin of Westford and Jack Roy and Pedro Garcia of Haverhill have been elected as delegates, while Alan Rubin and Georjann McGaha of Westford and Sean Murphy of Methuen will serve as alternates.

Jean Inman of Stoughton will co-chair the delegation with Romney.

Ron Kaufman of Boston and Monica Medeiro of Melrose will chair the Rules Committee; Isaac Mass of Greenfield and Jody Dow of Brookline will chair the Platform Committee; Inman and Brent Anderson of Auburn will chair the Credentials Committee; and Sarah Garland of Medford and Roy will chair the Committee on Permanent Organization.

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The major party candidates are taking their time making a decision on their respective Veep picks. What are your thoughts about their strategies? Do you think they have already made their picks and that the “selection process’ is nothing but a Kabucki dance? When do you think they will announce? Will they wait until the convention, with teases continuing throughout the summer months?

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=
/20080615/OPINION/806150330/1101/NEWS04

On the Straight Talk Express Thursday, McCain declined to promise a Boston television reporter that he’d add former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney to his ticket. McCain said he was looking for a vice president who shared his “values and principles and priorities.”

Though he said it will be a while before he settles on a veep, he did say that Romney fit that bill. “Mitt Romney has earned himself a very important place in the Republican Party,” McCain said.

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http://news.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/columnists/
view.bg?&articleid=1100010&format=&page=1&listingType=col#articleFull

Dang! That is some very good writing from Howie Carr! I wish I could take credit for it, but I can’t. I’ll have to settle for posting it, instead.

~~John Cronin~~

Boston Herald.Com

This is John Forbes Kerry’s worst nightmare: He’s going to have to spend the summer campaigning . . . on the mainland.

Fall River, Chicopee, Haverhill, Lynn, Fitchburg - not a single one of those sweaty cities has any windsurfing worth a damn, not to mention a Ducati motorcycle dealer, damn, but Liveshot is going to spend the next three months pressing the flesh in those wretched burgs, searching in vain for a proper nouvelle cuisine brassiere while enduring the foul breath of the plebeians . . .

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I saw this story this morning before I left for work, so I bookmarked it for later. In the meantime 2thepoint spotted it as well.

The buzz around Jeff Beatty’s Senate campaign is getting louder, with each week that goes by, press stories relating to Beatty are cropping up with increasing frequency.

Unseating Kerry is going to be very tough, the incumbent has about a $13,000,000 head start on Jeff. But if everything goes as planned, two very influential politicians by the names of McCain and Romney, may well see to it that the financial gap is narrowed.

~~John Cronin~~

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/politics/view/
2008_06_10_Kerry_s_GOP_challenger_hoping_to_tap_party_s_money_machine/
srvc=home&position=recent

By Associated Press
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

BOSTON -

Jeffrey Beatty has had tougher jobs than unseating an incumbent U.S. senator — there was the time his Blackhawk helicopter was shot down on a rescue mission — yet few have come with longer odds.

The former CIA counterterrorism expert and one-time member of the Army’s elite Delta Force is hoping to oust Sen. John Kerry, the Democrats’ 2004 presidential nominee, and take a seat on Capitol Hill with the backing of residents from the bluest of Democratic blue states.

He’s aiming to win the support of state and national Republicans, including the GOP’s 2008 presidential nominee — Sen. John McCain of Arizona — when he comes to Boston for a fundraiser Wednesday.

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The following is a press release from Jeff Beatty’s Campaign Office for U.S. Senator for Massachusetts.

~~John Cronin~~

The past two weeks have been a positive affirmation of why I am in this race; I am overwhelmed by the support of our volunteers and the citizens of the Commonwealth. Team Beatty has been busy and my apologies for the newsletter delay.

Campaign Review

As I write this note, I am the sole nominee for the Republican Party to run against John Kerry.

We are now focused on the 4 M’s - Message, Media, Manpower and Money! I need your help in all four areas. Look for places to help me get the message out! Let’s arrange to sit down with your local Media (papers, radio and TV). We need you to help us build our base of volunteers, find lawn sign locations and fill the road with bumper stickers. And, of course, we need you to ask your like-minded friends to help us by donating!

Please log on to www.jeffbeatty.com and update your volunteer status. If you’ve donated before, please consider making it a recurring monthly donation. If you haven’t, now’s the time! We are hoping to get our first TV ads on the air in July, but we need your help.

I owe this good fortune to all the supporters, friends, and benefactors of the campaign. When all was said and done, we submitted over 16,500 certified signatures to the Secretary of the State. Again, while it’s my name on the ticket, this is our campaign, and it’s time to move on to the next stage.

While I am heartened by the zeal shown by my supporters, there are a great number of citizens in the Commonwealth who do not know who I am, what I have done or where I stand on the issues. Over the next couple of months, the campaign’s main focus will be getting our positive message out through a host of state-wide events. I invite you to check the website frequently as we add events to the calendar.

While getting on the ballot kept me busy (and my team even more so), I managed to squeeze in multiple radio interviews and even a few TV appearances. I had an enjoyable time talking with the Republican Town Committees in Saugus and Sudbury and met with a number of contributors in Swampscott in late May. Lastly, it was great to see so many supporters the Association of Republican Town Committees last week.

Upcoming Events

Over the course of the next two weeks, I’ll be on the road getting the word out on my candidacy and where I stand on the issues. Our Democratic opponent has deep pockets but we have the message! Check the events page on my website for more details.
• 9 June (TONIGHT) – I am the featured speaker at the Attleboro Republican Committee meeting tonight.
• 11 June – I will be speaking at the Quincy Republican Town Committee meeting on Wednesday.

As always, your support will be critical. We have met one of our goals by winning the party’s nomination. Now, we will have the tough fight—going against an entrenched Senator looking for his fifth term. It’s a tough fight, but with your support, we will succeed!

Thank you for your continued support, and feel free to contact james@jeffbeatty.com with any questions about the campaign or volunteer opportunities. I welcome opportunities to fundraise, receive endorsements and employ volunteers, so please contact my campaign staff through www.jeffbeatty.com.

Keep an eye out for the next newsletter on May 20th, and make sure to friend me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter! Again, thanks for your help!

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Uber-Liberal, 24 year Democratic incumbent and ertswhile Presidential candidate John Kerry will have to endure the indignity of a primary challenge from Gloucester attorney Ed O’Reilly.

To add insult to injury, if he survives the primary, he’ll then have to face the surging Jeff Beatty in the general election. That’s what happens when you are out of touch with your constituents.

~~John Cronin~~

Boston Globe

LOWELL –

Gloucester attorney Ed O’Reilly got enough support from party officials today to ensure that he will give US Senator John F. Kerry his first Democratic primary challenge in 24 years.

At the state Democratic Party convention at the Paul E. Tsongas Arena, O’Reilly got 22.5 percent of the 2,574 ballots cast, more than the 15 percent he needed to secure a spot on the primary ballot. Kerry got the majority of votes, which means he’ll get the party’s endorsement.

“Party officials said this campaign is a nuisance. And it is. It’s a total nuisance,” O’Reilly said to the convention floor. “Democracy is a nuisance. People said the American Revolution was a nuisance — and it was!”

Kerry, in his fourth six-year term, last had a serious challenge in 1996, from Governor William F. Weld, a Republican. He hasn’t had a primary opponent since 1984, when Kerry and three other Democrats ran for a seat vacated by Paul Tsongas.

Few predict the sitting senator will be vulnerable in a primary race. But it could mean more campaigning this summer – and marks an embarrassment that a former presidential candidate was unable to thwart the challenge from O’Reilly.

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Great news from the Beatty Campaign. Jeff Beatty, former elite Delta force member and Purple Heart winner has easily qualified for the Republican Senate ballot in Massachusetts, pitting him against John Kerry, former 2004 democratic Presidential nominee and 24 year Senatorial incumbent.

Congratulations to Jeff and to Team Beatty, including the unsung heroes of all successful campaigns, the grassroots activists who are the foot soldiers who ring the doorbells, put out the yards signs and make good things happen!

~~John Cronin~~

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday. June 3, 2008
CONTACT:
Joe Manzoli
774.722.1611
joe@jeffbeatty.com

Summary: US Senate Candidate Jeff Beatty, a Republican from Massachusetts, has secured a spot on the ballot thanks to a grass roots campaign that gathered 17,000 certified signatures. Beatty thanked volunteers, staff members, donors and supporters at a gathering in Westborough this past weekend, where he also outlined his campaign plans for the coming months.

US SENATE CANDIDATE JEFF BEATTY THANKS VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF FOR SUCCESSFUL NOMINATION DRIVE, OUTLINES CAMPAIGN TO NOVEMBER

Grass roots effort results in 17 thousand certified signatures delivered to the Secretary of State’s office, assuring Beatty’s place on ballot

Boston - US Senate candidate Jeff Beatty, Republican, celebrated gaining access to the ballot by personally thanking supporters and volunteers who powered his signature drive. For two months, hundreds of supporters canvassed the Commonwealth sharing Beatty’s campaign vision and filling enough nomination sheets necessary to get Beatty on the ballot. Beatty’s successful nomination follows another significant milestone announced last month - 30 thousand donors who gave almost $1 million dollars to his campaign.

“I’m honored by how many people have decided to invest in our campaign, giving their time and effort to bring new leadership to the U.S. Senate,” said Beatty at a supporter gathering held in Westborough over the weekend. “This proves that people are excited about this race and, after 24 years of lackluster leadership, are ready to send a real fighter to Washington.”

Beatty began this campaign a year ago by launching an exploratory committee in April 2007. Since then he has traveled throughout Massachusetts listening to voters and sharing his vision to protect their families, protect their jobs and protect the Commonwealth and country.

“It is time to send someone with relevant experience to Washington to fight for these basic values,” said Beatty, a former Delta Force Officer and founder of a homeland security and public safety company. “I have owned a business, worked for years in public safety and security, and developed the background to solve the serious problems we face today. I’m running because we have waited too long for someone to step up and do the work.”

Beatty will spend the remaining spring and summer months introducing himself to voters and preparing for the hard contest coming in the fall.
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Jeff Beatty is a Candidate for the US Senate who can be found at www.jeffbeatty.com. Beatty is a small businessman (founder of totalsecurity.us) who previously served in The Delta Force where he received a Purple Heart while helping rescue hundreds of Americans. He also served as a Special Agent of the FBI, advising the national Hostage Rescue Team and as a CIA Counter-terrorism Officer running successful operations in Europe and the Middle East.Beatty has received broad media coverage, at the national level from CNN and Fox News and locally from WBZ, The Boston Herald and Boston Globe. Beatty has also received great attention and support from bloggers across the state.

Jeff Beatty
20 Lyman St Suite 201
Westborough, MA 01581
774 733 4077

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We can take little solace from the fact that the Dems are fighting like the Hatfields and the McCoys this election cycle. We Republicans have our own party divisions. I read an article today that said that the Dems are out registering new Democratic voters in Colorado by a 10 to 1 ratio over new Republican voters.

Balancing that bad news is some very positive news from Congressional races that I am following. Jeff Beatty from Massachusetts is statistically tied with John Kerry and Jason Chaffetz is within 2 points of six term, open borders incumbent Chris Cannon in Utah.

~~John Cronin~~

http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/party-division-on-display-as-dems-settle-
florida-michigan-2008-05-31.html

The Democratic Party should for all practical purposes be in the driver’s seat heading into November. President Bush has anemic approval ratings and his would-be successor – Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) – supports him on the unpopular Iraq War.

Democratic primary turnout is breaking records in every state, and both history-making candidates have shattered fundraising records.

Democrats are excited, mobilized and opening their wallets.

But as the Rules and Bylaws Committee settled on two formulas as a way to seat both Florida and Michigan, one possibly fatal problem became clear: The Democratic Party is far from unified, and it might be a while before it is.

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Sam Brownback, the electrifying stump speaker from Kansas, oversees McCain’s outreach to Catholics? Who’s in charge of overseeing Brownback? If this is the best McCain can do, the only thing that will save us in November is that Obama’s leftist tax and spend policies and affection for tyrants will scare the electorate into McCain’s waiting embrace!

~~John Cronin~~

http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/12018

Among the ribs and veepstakes crowd at John McCain’s Arizona ranch for his Memorial Day barbecue was Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback.

His name has not surfaced as a possibility for the second spot on the GOP ticket with McCain. But Brownback helps oversee the presumptive nominee’s outreach to Catholics.

Attendees who could be in the vice presidential mix were Republican Govs. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana (Prime Buzz does not see how this pick helps McCain), Charlie Crist of Florida (Need we say more?) and former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts (Social conservatives like him, but McCain? Not so much.)

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