Barney Frank on mid-term race: Right wing media targeted me - Washington Times

Barney Frank on mid-term race: Right wing media targeted me - Washington Times: "Despite reports from local Massachusetts media, Rep. Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democrat, remains confident he will win his re-election in November against his Republican opponent Sean Bielat. Former President Bill Clinton appeared with Mr. Frank recently at a political rally in Taunton last week, and Mr. Bielat claimed, according to reports, that Mr. Clinton was brought in to help buoy Mr. Frank.

'The notion that it’s a sign of panic is just silly. That’s just politics when they don’t have anything else better to say. It’s a tougher race, because once I became chairman of the [banking] committee in 2007, the right-wing media talk show hosts decided to target me,' said Rep. Frank, when I asked him about his race during Wednesday votes on Capitol Hill. 'They were frankly worried about what we would do, and I also have people who were angry about the financial reform bill.'"

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