Tierney: Numbers That Aren’t from January

Tierney: Numbers That Aren’t from January

Here are two must read items Massachusetts Democrats will be nervously discussing this weekend.

FRESH DATA SHOWS TIERNEY’S ETHICS ISSUES SINKING RELELCTION CHANCES:

TISEI INTERNAL SHOWS 72% KNOW OF TIERNEY FAMILY LEGAL PROBLEMS
By James Hohmann
Politico’s Morning Score
May 18, 2012; 7:29am
http://www.politico.com/morningscore/0512/morningscore599.html

“There have been a few days of back-and-forth over polling in the race between incumbent Democrat John Tierney and Republican challenger Richard Tisei. An internal poll, which finds Tisei up 40-33, shows a clear opening for attacks on Tierney’s ethics. The GOP poll, conducted by McLaughlin and Associates, asked two weeks ago: "Are you aware or unaware of the legal problems facing John Tierney’s family regarding the illegal offshore gambling empire they ran in Antigua?" 72 percent said they were aware, and 26 percent said they were not. Among those aware, Tisei led 44-33. The Tierney campaign released its own poll this week showing him up 46-31, but Republicans were quick to note that it was taken in January. Read the two-page memo: http://bit.ly/MqRWD7.”

EXPERTS AGREE – THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL FOR JOHN TIERNEY:

In case you missed it, the non-partisan and widely-respected Cook Political Report has just moved its race rating for MA-06 into an even more competitive category. The move to “Lean Democratic” from “Likely Democratic” shows that Tierney’s troubling ethics issues are catching up with him. (Cook Political Report, 5/18/2012)

POLITICAL ANALYST JON KELLER SAYS TISEI IS TIERNEY’S “WORST NIGHTMARE” (CBS Boston, 5/15/2012)

POLITICAL ANALYST STU ROTHENBERG SAYS TIERNEY’S DISTRICT IS A “VERY REASONABLE TAKEOVER OPPORTUNITY” FOR REPUBLICANS (Roll Call, 5/8/2012)