In the spirit of pre-election bipartisanship, I had to stop to take a "happy snap" of this lawn on Carriage Drive when I walked past it this afternoon.Pardon my iPhone and its lack of zoom capability, but the sign in the background is for Eileen Donoghue (D-Lowell), candidate for the 1st Middlesex Senate District.
The picture in the foreground is for Jon Golnik (R-Carlisle), candidate for the U.S. 5th Congressional District of MA.
Just as is the case with a region, ethnic group, interest group, or any other constituency, a household open-minded enough to consider "split voting" deserves the attention of BOTH major parties in future elections.
5 comments:
It's between spouses I bet.
Renee -- good call. I figure either it's that, or maybe it's just someone who personally knows and likes their neighbor, Eileen Donoghue, but also supports Golnik for the Congressional race.
Either way, I like the spirit!
Renee -- good call. I figure either it's that, or maybe it's just someone who personally knows and likes their neighbor, Eileen Donoghue, but also supports Golnik for the Congressional race.
Either way, I like the spirit!
I would say delete comment number 3, but YMMD.
There is a similar situation down Andover, toward the City Line. In this case it is a bachelor, but it shows the power of retail politics. Eileen Donoghue asked. Asking, she got her sign on the front lawn along with several Republicans.
I know because I asked.
Regards — Cliff
Cliff,
You're testing the limits of my technological capabilities here...I couldn't fiure out why my response to Renee posted twice, and don't seem to have a *delete* option for either. Oh, well.
Glad to hear the story behind similar bipartisan lawns. It's great to hear that such a simple, straightforward approach (asking) can yield something like that.
To me, it says great things about Eileen Donoghue that the people she asked have a high enough opinion of her personally that they are willing to cross party lines and show support for her in the 1st Middlesex Senate race.
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