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" It appears that the Republicans in the Commonwealth (God save it!) may have a candidate after all in the race to succeed John Kerry in the Senate. He&amp;#039;s Dan Winslow, a rookie state representative from Norfolk with an A-plus rating from the local NRA affiliate, a dislike for organized labor, a fondness for slot machines, and a positive genius for diving into the spotlight. He used to be Scott Brown&amp;#039;s lawyer, and he also bears the Mark Of Romney from the last campaign. To be completely fair, he&amp;#039;s sharp, ambitious as hell, and about as good a fourth choice as the local Republicans are likely to find. He&amp;#039;s not really a &amp;quot;centrist,&amp;quot; of course, except in relation to Republicans south of, say, Fall River. (He&amp;#039;s certainly a better longshot bet than Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy SEAL with whom some national Republicans seem fascinated. Gomez has a few problems. The first is that he hangs out with admitted birthers. The second is that he was one of those OPSEC guys who cut an ad last year criticizing the president for hot-dogging the killing of Osama bin Laden. The third is, well, that he&amp;#039;s the first two together. And the last is that he&amp;#039;s donated to a number of Democrats, including the president&amp;#039;s 2008 campaign. He is being pushed by Massachusetts national committeeman Ron Kaufman, which makes Gomez the very definition of &amp;quot;floundering.&amp;quot;) Winslow may be a keeper. The local talk-radio claque loves him. He&amp;#039;s good copy. And he&amp;#039;s new, someone who will step in and take the stone for the state party while he burnishes his credentials for a future run. At the very least, he doesn&amp;#039;t look good in a barn coat. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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