Jim Ogonowski appears on CNN

As evidence that the 5th congressional race is starting to garner national attention, CNN came to Dracut last week to talk with Republican candidate Jim Ogonowski, who was interviewed on his farm with a green tractor in the background.

The 90-second segment, which was on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, largely focused on his personal story -- his brother piloted one of the planes that was flown into the twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001 – and handicapped his chances in the race.

“This district is blue as blue can be,” said David King, professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. “A Republican has virtually no chance at all, unless there is a perfect alignment of the stars.”

Those last comments have stirred a good amount of online chatter (here, and here)