Here are a few reasons G+R should get out, a la Weld. The NY results: Faso 62%, Weld 38%. Patrick's 58% to Reilly's 27% and Gabrieli's 15% is a similar 'blowing 'em out of the water' kind of result. The person who wins the … [Read more...]
Archives for June 5, 2006
Murray Opts in On Public Financing
I know I mentioned it somewhere in a comment but I wanted to put out a full post so other would be able to pick up the discussion. Murray's campaign spokesman has confirmed over on my site that Tim Murray will be taking the public … [Read more...]
Public Education and MCAS (or, My First Post)
The proposition behind MCAS testing is a simple: you must know certain things in order to merit a high school degree. Hence, an up-or-down test on the things you absolutely must know, and if you don't pass, you haven't warranted the degree. … [Read more...]
proud
Might I suggest a Democratic party anthem? I'm not with a particular candidate in the Governor's race, and I do work for one of the Lt. Gov candidates, but Deval Patrick's theme "Proud" by Heather Small is a great song. Echoes … [Read more...]
Deval’s owes Obama 148,000 thank you’s
At least that's how much money the Patrick campaign reported depoisted in today's OCPF report (database search link always breaks). … [Read more...]
What I did at the convention
Newton was major league Deval country, to the tune of about 85%. The teller, assistant teller, and credentials officer were all Deval people. So you could say I was in enemy territory. But I don't like to use that phrase, since everyone was … [Read more...]
Sound file: Patrick’s post-convention remarks to press
Deval Patrick came right to the press room after the convention ended. For the maniacal, here's my sound file from that: it's about seven minutes and 6.6MB. I apologize that it's so quiet at the beginning; one, he was speaking very quietly, … [Read more...]
double jeopardy
Sorry, just read Andy's post, which is much more detailed. … [Read more...]
LG Race and Public Financing
Cross posted on my blog.There appears to be more strategy then I originally thought regarding the public financing. The lieutenant governor race actually has a huge role in the strength or weakness of our ticket on the day after the … [Read more...]
Sorry about the shutdown!
As you may have noticed, we had a total shutdown for a while today - the server for the entire Soapblox network was having a bad day. We seem to be back up and we don't anticipate further problems. Sorry for any inconvenience! … [Read more...]