Two Rules of Campaigning 101: 1. Nurture and grow your base; and 2. Reach out beyond your base, Too many campaigns get so caught up in number one they forget about number two. And too many campaigns get so caught up with number … [Read more...]
Archives for September 29, 2014
Baker, Coakley out of tune with the high tech industry
What do Blue Mass Groupies think of Baker and Coakley's appearance at the High Tech forum in Cambridge? "Both major-party candidates for Massachusetts governor were clearly out of their element Monday before an audience of about 150 tech … [Read more...]
Wonk Post: MA Governor Polling Aggregate
From HuffPo/Pollster: … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday: Jimmy Carter will be 90 on Wednesday.
Former President Jimmy Carter will turn 90 on Wednesday, October 1. In my opinion, possibly the best ex-president ever, I hope he has a great birthday. … [Read more...]
Tonight! Gubernatorial Candidates Debate in Springfield @ 7PM
http://www.wggb.com/2014/09/29/tonight-at-7-p-m-gubernatorial-candidates-debate-in-springfield/ All five candidates, (sorry Tom, but Donald Duck isn't running) streaming online at wggb.com. … [Read more...]
Heavily redacted state reports raise more questions than answers in sudden deaths of DDS clients
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) More than three years after the sudden death of a former resident of the Templeton Developmental Center, we have received a report on the matter from the state Disabled Persons Protection Commission, … [Read more...]
Suffolk/Herald Poll Shows Gov Race a Dead Heat; Repeal Trailing
The Herald just released the results of its most recent polling on the gubernatorial race and statewide races. It shows a troubling dead heat, one that is largely unchanged by the 'Sweetheart' gaffe or Coakley's ads about womens issues or … [Read more...]
Calling BS on Ed Markey’s emails. Again.
No sooner did I write up a brief, mild critique of Ed Markey's fundraising emails than another one shows up. And this one is the most outrageous one yet. Here it is (email, no link). From: Ed Markey <info@edmarkey.com> Subject: … [Read more...]
Vote Yes on Question 3: Casinos Hurt Our Businesses
As children, we all learned that you can't spend the same dollar in two different places. Every dollar that gets spent at the casino is a dollar less that is available to spend at other businesses. That reality will hit local … [Read more...]
Oddities for a Monday morning
Nothing earth-shattering here, just a few peculiar things I've noticed lately. The ongoing campaign to get David Koch booted off of local public broadcasting powerhouse WGBH's board of directors has taken a very peculiar twist: Harper's … [Read more...]