‘Knock-and-drag’ in Massachusetts
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Republican former Del. Don Murphy called Monday night from an unlikely place — a hotel room in Needham, Mass.
Murphy, a political campaign consultant and Catonsville resident, and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Wargotz arrived in Boston yesterday. Wargotz hopes to challenge incumbent Democrat Sen. Barbara Mikulski this November.
The pair plan to work election day for Scott Brown, a Republican who appears to have a good shot at beating Democrat Martha Coakley in Tuesday’s special election to determine a replacement for the late Sen. Ted Kennedy.
“The only thing we said we wouldn’t do is phone calls,” Murphy said during a phone interview late Monday night. “We can do those from home.” (more…)