{"id":15000,"date":"2012-08-06T07:42:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T11:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15000"},"modified":"2012-08-06T07:43:59","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T11:43:59","slug":"the-massachusetts-fourth-congressional-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15000","title":{"rendered":"The Massachusetts Fourth Congressional District"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Republican<\/a> primary in the Massachusetts Fourth Congressional District has three candidates–Elizabeth Childs, Sean Bielat<\/a>, and David Steinhof. The Democrat primary<\/a> candidates are Rachael Brown, Joseph Kennedy III, and Herb Robinson. Of the six candidates, Joseph Kennedy III is the only one who has raised over a million dollars.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, back to the Republican primary. Holly Robichaud posted an article at the Boston Herald<\/a> today about the voting history of Elizabeth Childs. According to the article in the Herald, Ms. Childs did not join the Republican party until eleven days before filing the paperwork to begin her run as a candidate. Ms. Childs has been endorsed by former New Jersey Governor<\/a> Christine Todd Whitman<\/a> and ex-Massachusetts Republican Party<\/a> Chairwoman Jennifer Nassour<\/a>,<\/p>\n

When Ms. Childs spoke at the local Republican Town Committee, she described herself as a fiscal conservative and a social moderate. She also mentioned that she supported federal funding of abortion. That is not the position of a fiscal conservative.<\/p>\n

I am a former Democrat. I voted for George McGovern<\/a> in 1972. It is obvious that my politics have changed over the years. The contrast between Jimmy Carter<\/a> and Ronald Reagan had a lot to do with that change. Ms. Childs does not seem to have any explanation for her sudden political transformation or the timing of that transformation. That seems to be a problem with Republican voters in the Massachusetts Fourth.<\/p>\n

Sean Bielat seems to be leading in the primary, but both Sean Bielat and David Steinhof have ideas that are much more in keeping with traditional Republican views.<\/p>\n

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