Halpin's

Howington did have an interesting take as to Halpin's motivation for getting in the race.

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"His wife went out of town and he announced, because it's better to ask forgiveness than ask permission," joked Bob Howington, Halpin's campaign manager and a veteran political hand.

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Howington did have an interesting take as to Halpin's motivation for getting in the race.

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But Halpin's standing up to the former White House Chief of Staff was enough to attract the attention of some local Republican operatives, Kass reports:

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"His wife went out of town and he announced, because it's better to ask forgiveness than ask permission," joked Bob Howington, Halpin's campaign manager and a veteran political hand.

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Connolly also received checks from Gerald Halpin, the founder of the West Group development company, as well as from members of Halpin's family.

"Pay To Play" 2008

Halpin's point and the IOP's polling hint at the Democratic Party's biggest youth-vote problem: young voters were awestruck by Obama because he was a once-in-a-lifetime candidate who they thought would act on their behalf, not merely because he was a Democrat.

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The Harvard IOP data support Halpin's view when it comes to health care.

Prognosis Negative 2010

World Resources Company, a recycling firm run by Halpin's son Peter, contributed $10,000 to Connolly's campaign.

"Pay To Play" 2008

Halpin's not one to back down from a fight, said his boyhood friend Howington, a chess instructor.

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