According to the moderator of tonight's debate, Kerry Healey's performance tonight made up little if any ground on Patrick's commanding lead in recent polls. Keller said that Healey succeeded in only two of the three goals he thought … [Read more...]
Archives for October 25, 2006
Notes on tonight’s debate
UPDATE: Sound files from tonight's post-debate press gaggle:Kerry Healey (She was first out -- I only caught the last part of her remarks.)Christy MihosDeval PatrickGrace RossSorry this didn't get up sooner. Here are some quick hits from … [Read more...]
Debate post-mortem — anyone?
Alas, I missed it -- real job obligations intervened. From the press reports, it looks a lot like the others: everyone got in some decent lines, there was the occasional contentious exchange, no one belly-flopped, and everyone walks … [Read more...]
Can we moderates vote for Deval?
I'm reading about mandates and statements round these parts. People want to make a large victory a launching point. Sadly, though I could ask "launching point for what?", the better question is "against what?"Why, Massachusetts' … [Read more...]
Kennedy and Kerry donate $1 million to DCCC and DSCC
The AP is reporting that both of the Massachusetts Senators are donating a million dollars to the Democratic campaign committees. Kerry and Kennedy are each giving half a million to the DSCC and half a million to the DCCC, adding a million … [Read more...]
Clinton’s Best Line Tonight
OK, I have my favorite from Clinton's speech tonight. List yours in the comments.Clinton talked about how the Republicans were campaigning this year. First he described how apologetic the Republicans are about Iraq, Katrina, the Deficit (he … [Read more...]
Muffy Makeover
A real and thoughtful human being showed up tonight in Kerry Healey's skin - a refreshing change. If this woman had shown up a month ago she might have had a chance in this election. … [Read more...]
blogging the debate
I'm blogging the debate over here:http://fray.blogs.masslive.com/ … [Read more...]
NJ: Equal rights for all couples, call it what you will, Legislators.
The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that same sex couples are entitled to all the same rights as different-sex couples. However, the Court left open the question of whether it ought to be called a "marriage."Decision text here at … [Read more...]
Kerry Healey – It’s not a negative ad
ABC News last night ran a story on the Massachusetts Governor race. While I think they were kind of sloppy and mischaracterized what Deval Patrick is about, it included one hum dinger of a quote from Kerry Healey. When discussing the ad … [Read more...]