In case you missed it (I did, 'til just now), Jon Keller posted a remarkable quote from state party chairman Phil Johnston right before the convention, in the course of discussing rumors of last-minute changes to the 15% rule (emphasis … [Read more...]
Archives for June 4, 2006
The Connies – Convention Winners and Losers
FLOOR OPERATIONWinner: Tim Murray. Well-coordinated, well-uniformed and efficient. They did a great job of making sure Tim's institutional support came through for him, even if they couldn't pull off a win on the first … [Read more...]
One Talking Point / One Prediction / One Observation
My prediction has to do with voting at the convention.They have the technology that can scan the bar code on our delegate passes to let us in the hall, and they had assistant tellers running numbers on laptops but we still have to … [Read more...]
Convention react and predict and what doesn’t matter
We're a very long way from September.CONVENTION REACTI agree that Patrick and Gabrieli have some passionate supporters, and they were all pretty much in that convention center. I agree that Reilly got schooled at the caucuses and … [Read more...]
An insider’s game?
But I would also suggest to Jim that he would do well to look in the mirror. That, effectively, is what I did last November when I realized that getting personally involved was the only way to keep from being marginalized and to make sure … [Read more...]
Random musings from the Worcester convention
Friday evening:- George McGovern: Looking good for his age; still has the fight in him. Obvioulsy old enough to say whatever he damn well pleases without fearing the consequences (diddling interns/sheep, etc.)- Ted Kennedy: The greatest -- … [Read more...]
Applause for An Inconvenient Truth
I saw An Inconvenient Truth last night. At the end almost the entire audience broke into spontaneous applause. The last time I experienced that was at a showing of the first Star Wars in 1977. I have never heard applause for a documentary … [Read more...]
More post-convention thoughts (if you can stand it)
To my mind, this weekend's convention was a huge success, not least by avoiding the catastrophe of shutting one of the candidates out of the September ballot. Bonifaz got on; Goldberg and Silbert got on; Gabrieli got on. Good … [Read more...]
All Herald content is now free
Not that it was very hard to get around it before, but the Herald has officially ditched its "subscribers only" policy for opinion columnists. From now on, you can increase your blood pressure by reading Howie Carr, Ginny Buckingham, … [Read more...]
Proud to be a Massachusetts Democrat
On a personal level, I enjoyed having the opportunity to connect with other delegates -- from my own city of Lowell, from other towns within the First Middlesex district, from other cities and towns around the Commonwealth. Despite … [Read more...]