Seriously -- Patrick's campaign put out two ads (including the education ad, one of the worst in this campaign in my opinion) before some staffer-with-a-future said "hey, let's put the candidate in front of a camera, and a crowd! He's … [Read more...]
Archives for September 1, 2006
Patrick’s August take: $695,000
That, folks, would be a record -- by a lot.:BOSTON Deval Patrick, a Democratic candidate for governor, appears to have raised a record sum during the month of August.He took in 695-thousand dollars from outside donors.The total was divulged … [Read more...]
Reilly surges ahead in new poll!
For the first time since early in the campaign, Tom Reilly has taken the lead in a new poll. Here is the breakdown:Reilly 50%Patrick 25%Gabrieli 25%This poll was sponsored by the Caralis family endowment at a cost of 4 ice cream cones and … [Read more...]
The other shoe drops
David solicited reactions to the new Deval Patrick ad below. The reaction from the mostly pro-Deval crowd seems unanimous -- This is what we've been waiting for.Here's the link to the ad.As much as the Patrick campaign has been run with a … [Read more...]
Gabrieli’s “comparative” ad on taxes
If you haven't seen it yet, you can watch Chris Gabrieli's much-ballyhooed new ad, in which Gabrieli criticizes the immediate tax rollback position of Tom Reilly and Kerry Healey as an "election-year promise," and Deval Patrick's … [Read more...]
TV Watchers – Block the Vote Tonight on PBS
Under the guise of election reform and fraud prevention, state governments are passing laws that make it harder to cast a vote. Tonight the public TV program NOW is calling it Block the Vote. WGBH will air the program tonight at 8:00 pm. … [Read more...]
Emails show that Medford organizers believed Galvin was confirmed for Wednesday evening’s forum
BMG News has learned that, at least as far as the organizers of the candidate forum in Medford on Wednesday night were concerned, Secretary of State Galvin was confirmed to attend.John Bonifaz's campaign manager, Juan Martinez, made the … [Read more...]
Starving the beast, Massachusetts style
According to the not-so-liberal Tax Foundation, Massachusetts ranks only 28th out of 50 states in its combined state and local tax burden while our local property taxes per capita are 7th highest in the nation and almost 50% higher than the … [Read more...]
Turbulence between Healey’s ears.
Oh dear, oh my, Our fear mongering Lt. Gov is not quite clear on the Cape Wind project. In this wcvb news piece she shows her wanton ignorance.Why put something permanently on this beautiful landscape that we can never retrieve, we … [Read more...]
Reilly Cannot Rally, and Gabs is a Goner even with all of his Gold
Patrick will win the primary. He will win the primary because he has inspired Massachusetts voters like no other candidate, he has been building his field and GOTV since April 2005, and his loyal supporters will turn out at the polls … [Read more...]