August 13, 2008 — It has been three weeks since Sen. John Kerry’s primary opponent, Gloucester attorney Ed O’Reilly, challenged the state’s junior senator to some debates before the Sept. 16 Democratic primary. Shockingly — or not so, considering Kerry — the silence from his camp about agreeing to the challenge has been deafening.read more >>

August 12, 2008 — Ed O'Reilly surprised everyone when he met the thresh hold for getting on the Democratic primary ballot against Senator John Kerry in Massachusetts.

As it turns out, that may have been the easiest part of the challenge. Chet Curtis talks to O'Reilly, who is trying to pin down Kerry to a debate, and time is running out.

In this segment, O'Reilly challenges Kerry to a debate on Newsnight. read more >>

August 7, 2008 — Is U.S. Senator John Kerry really feeling that threatened by a first-time, relatively unknown, challenger?

First it was an allegedly torrid Senate summer schedule that Kerry said made it impossible for him even to think about debating his Democratic primary opponent, Edward O'Reilly, before the Sept. 16 election.read more >>

August 6, 2008 — Guy Glodis, the Worcester County Sheriff who holds significant political sway in central Massachusetts, threw a wrench into the Massachusetts Democratic machine Wednesday, voicing his intention to vote for Ed O'Reilly, the Democrat challenging U.S. Sen. John Kerry.

Jim O'Sullivan of the State House News Service first reported Wednesday that Glodis has chosen to support O'Reilly (D-Gloucester) over Kerry (D-Boston), becoming the first major Democratic politician in the state to do so.read more >>

August 1, 2008 — Ed O'Reilly. Who? He's the guy giving John Kerry heart palpitations. Can he win? At the Massachusetts Democratic Convention a couple of months ago Ed O'Reilly grabbed about 23 per cent of the delegates in spite of Kerry's efforts to keep him off the ballot. O'Reilly has come from virtually nowhere in a year's time to become the Democratic darling of the common man. O'Reilly is one of us. He's had a real job, several in fact. He's worked his way through school, paying as he went.read more >>

July 27, 2008 — With eight weeks until the state Democratic primary, Gloucester attorney Ed O'Reilly is pressing U.S. Sen. John Kerry for a series of debates across the state.

In a letter sent to Kerry, O'Reilly asked for 23 debates — a combination of public forums and television appearances — between now and the Sept. 16 primary. No schedule has been established, and with the primary closing in, O'Reilly wants to get moving.

"He has to come back to Massachusetts and debate the issues," O'Reilly said.read more >>