September 1, 2008 — The wounds of a hard-fought campaign seem to have healed between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama after last week’s Democratic National Convention/Love Fest.read more >>

August 28, 2008 — Fifty-five year-old Ed O'Reilly, a Gloucester lawyer running against John Kerry for the U.S. Senate, is everything Mr. Kerry is not.read more >>

August 26, 2008 — Ed O'Reilly is an unconventional candidate and he has an unconventional proposal to open up government to ordinary citizens.

O'Reilly, a Democrat running against U.S. Sen. John Kerry, promised Monday that if he is elected, he will post on his Web site every meeting he is scheduled to attend as a senator.

That means, he said, that citizens can find out if he is meeting with lobbyists and can come to his office and attend.read more >>

August 26, 2008 — After multiple requests from Gloucester resident and Senate candidate Ed O’Reilly, Sen. John Kerry has agreed to a debate before the Sept. 16 election.

Both candidates have accepted an invitation from Jon Keller of WBZ-TV to participate in a debate that will be filmed on Sept. 5 and broadcast on WBZ on Sunday, Sept. 7, at 8:30 a.m. The debate will be 30 minutes, including commercial breaks.read more >>

August 25, 2008 — When Ed O'Reilly and Rosemary Cutler met a few weeks ago outside Fall River Celebrates America, Cutler, a resident of the J.A. O'Brien Sr. Apartments on Whipple Street, invited the US Senate candidate to speak at her community center.read more >>

August 23, 2008 — Ed O'Reilly worked the crowd at an annual clambake, introducing himself to dozens of potential voters with a jolly optimism that seemed to overlook the stiff odds against his candidacy for the US Senate.

He spoke about the sputtering economy. He asked about local issues. He ate clams with a plastic fork.read more >>