Well, just look at Kim's not-yet-on-the-presses headline story:DEVAL TURNS UP THE HEAT ON HEALEYHammered for weeks by his GOP rival as soft on crime, Democrat Deval Patrick fought back tonight, demanding during a red-hot TV debate that Lt. … [Read more...]
Archives for October 19, 2006
Crime Reports
I was searching for the Department of Justice Crime report that Deval Patrick was talking about during the debate. He did mention that a report was released today. I don't think it's on the website yet, but I did find the … [Read more...]
A few more debate thoughts
Interesting calls from the pundits on the outcome of the debate -- in the sense that no one seems to agree with anyone else. Andy Hiller says Patrick won (click the "watch the video" link for Hiller's commentary). Herald guy Joe … [Read more...]
Kerry Healy has jumped the shark
She is not the first Republican to hold such a radical agenda, or even the first to articulate it, but a statement like that from someone who is seeking to be Governor of Massachusetts is without precedent.It is on the order of Gov. … [Read more...]
VOTE NO ON 2 – Demand real voter reform, demand Instant Run-Off Voting (IRV)
But when there are three or more candidates for a single office, like governor or president, voters may be afraid to support their first choice candidate because they are afraid this will spoil the chances of their second choice.The … [Read more...]
Could it possibly be funny twice?!? Alternative Debate Transcript, II
TRASNLATED TRANSCRIPTDavid Gergen: Hi, Im David Gergen! You may know me from that West Wing special back in 2002! Im having real trouble talking tonight, so lets get right to it. Frank Phillips from the Globe has … [Read more...]
Is this a right of same-sex couples?
So, I've got an idea to get civil unions enacted in all fifty states and federal recognition of civil unions: we have a compromise solution, where same-sex couples give up the right to attempt to conceive children together using … [Read more...]
Disappointed with the Debate
Kerry Healey had no substance whatsoever. Deval tried to interject some, but the format didn't allow for it and Mr. Gergen, a person which usually deserves a lot of respect, couldn't control any of the candidates at all. It was politics not … [Read more...]
Post-debate thoughts
Wasn't Deval's best debate but I suspect his 23 point lead is not in jeopardy. Goes to show, a one-on-one with Healey might not be for the best. I'm not sure we learned anything substantive about the positions of the candidates. … [Read more...]
Quick hits from the debate
Just a few thoughts from the debate:A good response from Deval regarding the rape-n'-murder fearmongering from Healey: "Come down from your high horse... I'll show you around." Nice. The problem with running nasty ads like that is that you … [Read more...]
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