Dispatch from the Yarmouth Caucus:Democratic caucuses on Cape Cod are of the congenial variety. We don't like confrontation. We normally don't offer competing slates, but instead try to accomodate the members of the town Democratic … [Read more...]
Patrick sweeps caucuses; Reilly says “What base?”
You saw the reports last night here; Boston Globe reports today that Deval Patrick takes two-thirds of the delegates to the convention in June.What the heck is going on here? You have Tom Reilly, respected (at least until recently) public … [Read more...]
Reilly: Democratic Party Outsider?
But suppose he's right. Suppose he's really just moving to the center to appeal to the general electorate. Isn't it too early for that? With such a late primary, Massachusetts gubernatorial candidates have traditionally had a hard time … [Read more...]
Shut Out in North Andover at Dem Caucus
The meeting was called to order and the chair asked if anyone else wanted to run for delegate.I asked if any delegates were supporting Deval Patrick, the person whom I came out to support. I was told that I was out of order and that … [Read more...]
Down With Seatbelt Laws! Up with Liberty and Diversity!
Hurray for the good people of Massachusetts. Buried in the State House News Service report of the Governor's race poll posted below by rightmiddleleft one finds the following supplemental note:"Conducted right before the Democratic … [Read more...]
Caucus OPEN THREAD
Tell us where you are and what you're seeing!UPDATE (11:30 pm): WOW!!! You guys are amazing. To my knowledge, this thread is the single best collection of publicly available information on the caucuses right now. There are … [Read more...]
State House Poll shows Reilly leading
Gubernatorial candidate Thomas Reilly may be heading into this weekend's Democratic caucuses suffering from significant self-inflicted damage, but the latest State House News Poll shows Deval Patrick still confronts a mammoth political task … [Read more...]
LG’s on NECN
Deb Goldberg: Touted her business experience combined with public experience. Was pretty good after a slow start due to a tough question. Projects well. Seems scrappy, and I can see her getting into this and gettin' … [Read more...]