tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post3693445498169162924..comments2023-12-18T12:18:21.824-05:00Comments on POLITIZINE.COM: Massachusetts to lose a Congressional seat?Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-82281865939257298672006-12-29T20:36:00.000-05:002006-12-29T20:36:00.000-05:00(This comment also appears in my own blog, The Eis...(This comment also appears in my own blog, The Eisenthal Report.)<br /><br />Your scenario of combining the seats of Mike Capuano and Steve Lynch makes sense if you assume that nothing changes between now and 2012. Targeting the junior members of a congressional delegation is common when a state loses seats in Congress. In 1982, Barney Frank - then the junior member of the Massachusetts delegation - faced Margaret Heckler, one of two Republicans then representing Massachusetts in Congress, and defeated her.<br /><br />However, I return to my scenario because my sense is that John Olver will be around for only a few terms at most. I mentioned an Olver retirement in 2012. Another possibility is that he will leave before 2012. Someone like Stan Rosenberg or Andy Nuciforo could be sitting in that seat in 2012 - and that individual would be the junior member of the delegation at the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com