Commentator's son enters political fray

By Matt Viser, Globe Staff

If Jim Ogonowski suddenly starts appearing glowingly on WBZ-TV, we may have an inclination why.

Jon Keller, the esteemed political commentator, posted an entry on his blog late last night saying that his oldest son was now working for Ogonowski, a Republican candidate for the 5th Congressional seat.

Keller said his son Barney (who he notes is not named after the Democratic congressman from Newton) secured the job “without my knowledge or assistance.” “I wish him well,” he wrote. “And if I get as much inside information out of him about the campaign as I got from him about what he was doing during his high school years, I’ll be left completely in the dark.”