Two Herald columnists, two rather different views of Deval Patrick.Howie thinks Patrick will win. The rest is his usual garbage. You want to read it, knock yourself out.Eagan's column is much more interesting. There are … [Read more...]
Archives for September 17, 2006
Gabs new “internal poll”
Gabrieli campaign sent out an email blast today to say that their internal poll finds the race tied beteen Patrick and him.Hard to square that with the Globe's 20 point Patrick lead poll. While I have no reason to question the … [Read more...]
Podcast @ St. Kermit is up
Jim @ St. Kermit has thoroughly (and necessarily) edited the podcast of our super-duper blogger roundtable Friday night, featuring Ryan of Ryan's Take, Steve (sco) of .08 Acres, Mike of Marry in Massachusetts, and yours truly. Now it's … [Read more...]
Bruce Desmond mails a fake jury summons to voters
The outside of the mailing:The inside: … [Read more...]
Deval at the Cafe
A friend forwarded me an email a friend of hers had sent out to a bunch of people. I wrote the original sender and suggested he post it here on Blue Mass Group, and he asked if I'd post it for him because he's not good with blogs or … [Read more...]
Suffolk Shocker
Has anybody else heard the rumor that a new Suffolk poll being released tonight is supposed to throw the race into chaos? I have heard from some campaign staffers that the poll is supposed to turn the race upside down, but I have not … [Read more...]
Turnout Expected to Help Reilly, Patrick
It has been hypothesized here that Galvin's predictions are intended to fuel a self-fulfilling prophesy, whereby he, as an incumbent, would benefit from low turnout. However, some independent authorities tend to agree:Dr. Clyde W. … [Read more...]
LG Debate Wrap Up: What Coulda Been…
So I was walking around my 'hood doing lit drops for Silbert (awesome response, BTW), and listened to the LG forum on my old-school walkman. Dorky, I know, but I fully admit to my illness.Anyway, I felt both candidates were on their … [Read more...]
LG Poll – Inside the Numbers
The Globe's Political Intelligence blog points to the cross-tabs can be found here at the UNH website.What do these numbers tell us and what do they mean?A couple things.First, and most obviously, this race is too low of a priority for … [Read more...]
Deval’s position on non-union labor misses the point….
When questioned about his unwillingness to use union labor on his own home in W. Mass, Deval Patrick's campaign responded in today's Globe by saying that, "all relevant laws were complied with".In the interest of full disclosure, I am a … [Read more...]