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Shamie, of course, thinks otherwise. At a Young Republicans convention in Worcester last week, Shamie whipped out a letter from Reagan pledging neutrality in the primary race, and then went on to accuse Richardson of being too tied to the Georgetown cocktail circuit to adequately represent the state...
Shamie, a charismatic businessman and inventor who is making his second run for the Senate, has strived to differentiate himself from Richardson by identifying with working class interests and the solidly conservative ideology espoused by Reagan...
...latest Shamie charge is that Richardson is avoiding debates because he is scared of facing the garrulous businessman. A lot of these accusations and charges are not worthy of a response." Richardson press secretary David Gilroy said last week...
Shamie, for his part, insists that he is not being overzealous in his attacks on the more subdued Richardson. "The nature of my attacks deals with specific positions, issues, it's not personal, and I don't think anyone should resent the fact that I point out that he flip-flops from one position to another, that he opposes President Reagan on major issues." Shamie said in an interview last week. "That's not an attack, that's simply a description of our differences on the issues...
State Republicans say that while Richardson is still a strong favorite. Shamie will have more pull among working class voters who find Richardson to be too cold, too distant and too much of an egg-head. "The man in the street understands Shamie's politics more than they understand the Law of the Sea Treaty." State Rep. John R. Driscoll (R-Northbridge) said last week...