A strong launch from the veteran prosecutor and former professional basketball player. Video:
Convention speech (email, no link):
Seven years ago, I joined the Attorney General’s Office as HEAD of the Civil Rights Division. It was one of the best decisions of my life. I had the chance to fight discrimination and inequality – to stand up for people who need an advocate – and to use the law for social and economic justice.
I led with my head and with my heart. And I have been working for you.
Our victories — from taking on big banks and stopping foreclosures, to ending DOMA and combating climate change. Those should make us proud to be Massachusetts Democrats. …
As your next Attorney General, I will also be an independent voice. Never afraid to challenge the status quo. Just look at the issue of casinos. We need repeal on the ballot, and I am supporting repeal. The evidence is clear – casinos bring addiction, bankruptcies, and foreclosures.
So, if we want to get serious about income inequality, then gambling is not the solution. But, if repeal loses, then we need an Attorney General who will hold the gaming industry accountable. And I will.
An “independent voice:” It will be interesting to see how Healey’s campaign stressing professionalism and independence (plus basketball, invented in MA — a universally appealing credential) squares off against Warren Tolman’s emphasis on his “long track record of standing up to entrenched interests” and years of work as a Democratic state legislator.
JimC says
Gotta love a scrappy underdog.
JimC says
Tolman 51.8
A de facto Healey win. It’s on.
Christopher says
Even though I support Tolman I was expecting an actual Healey win.
JimC says
I don’t recall anyone predicting that in our thread.
Christopher says
In fact it looks like I gave her a 60-40 spread.
JimC says
Point for you.
But clearly you were spinning. 🙂 Most people expected a competitive race, but not that competitive.
Christopher says
…as an unrepresentative sample. I was going by a combination of what I was reading here at BMG and how I was seeing the race shaping up in my area.
Christopher says
He produced another classic today, complete with a nod to his famous 1998 video.
sabutai says
I don’t know it made many people think he’d be a better attorney general, but it made people like him more. And which those helps more in a downballot race is certainly up for discussion.
lynpb says
Very clever. Got a lot of laughs. No real reason why we should support him.
Healey laid out a good case why we should support her. She has vision and she has run half the office. She almost beat a guy who has been running for something for the last 20 years. Very impressive.
JimC says
I thought James Arena-Derosa had the best video.
Bryan says
Link: http://warrentolman.com/sneak-peek-convention-video/