The Dorchester Reporter notes the Brown campaign’s lack of preparation as the election draws closer. A pattern seems to be emerging: a Senator who can’t accomplish much, or anything, and a campaign that, to paraphrase Charlie Pierce on Brown, is “wearing an office that’s two sizes too big for him.” Hat tip, Lynne via Facebook.
Even before last Friday’s much-trumpeted endorsement of its candidate by Mayor Tom Menino, Warren’s campaign was hitting on all cylinders in Boston’s neighborhoods. She’s had most of the city’s labor unions at her disposal for months— and some of them, like Rep. Marty Walsh’s laborers union, have been on board since last October. Menino’s nod will help boost morale and further swell Warren’s ranks— but no one should labor under the myth that key instruments of the Boston machinery were waiting for the “green light” from City Hall to do real work for Warren.
Saturday’s spectacle outside the Eire Pub — which included some foolish Florida State-style “Indian” chants from Brown’s sign-holders — is raising sensitive eyebrows along with some real and contrived outrage from Warren’s folks. But what was most notable about the day’s events in Adams Corner was just how weak Brown’s ground game is locally. For someone who supposedly spends so much time pulling pints and shooting hoops in Dorchester, Brown has failed to translate any of that into genuine, homegrown support, even in places like Neponset, which he won last time. Most of Brown’s bodies in Adams Corner last weekend were imports and some were members of the senator’s staff. They were badly outnumbered and outmaneuvered by Warren’s throng, who camped out on the corner for most of the day. What seemed at first like a bold strike on Brown’s part— defiantly wading into the Eire to signal his indifference to Menino’s endorsement— backfired.
This time, it was Brown who got caught flat-footed and overmatched.
lynne says
C’est “Lynne” avec un “e.” Merci!
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But thanks for the hat tip! (Now, if only I wore hats!)
“Real and contrived” – um…contrived? We’re not allowed to be offended by racist remarks? Weird. Just because our offendedness aligns also with our support for Warren, doesn’t make it contrived. Anyone and everyone should be offended, if they are being honest with themselves (as I suspect many Brown supporters are not). I kinda resent the implications of the use of that word there.