3. Neutral: Deb Goldberg: her announcement got overshadowed, and wasn’t present in any of the chatter regarding the impact of the potential pairing.
4. Loser/Winner: Tim Murray: appeared shrill and childish with his rant storming into Reilly’s office. Alos appears naive in thinking his Worcester County support will carry the day. On the positive side, his name was out there and he got his name in the press.
5. Loser: Chris Gabrieli. I don’t think I need to explain why.
6. BIGGEST LOSER: Tom Reilly: I don’t think I can count the ways in which this hurts him. What a dumb trial balloon/leak. Classic case of a backfire.
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It is obvious Deval Patrick stands to gain alot from this situation, with Reilly getting bad press. As for Silbert, I think that her invite to Gabrieli did nothing for her or her campaign. Her campaign wasn’t motivated in anyway from the incident, and she didn’t come off any better than she was in the first place.
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On the other hand Murray gained stronger support from those of his supporters that were/are backing Reilly. Now he knows he has a strong base that will stick by him. He also gained more support from the press coverage he received. I don’t think he came off as shrill in any way. When it became clear that Reilly was talking to Gabrieli about a ticket, even though there were several viable candidates in the field it is understandable that Murray would be mad. Especially, since several of his key supporters like Sherriff Guy Glodis were supporting both him and Reilly.
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In the end Patrick and Murray are the real winners with more people talking about a Patrick/Murray ticket than ever before. I believe I heard someone refer to them as the “Dream Team.” I strongly agree with that!
While I agree that would be a strong ticket, let’s all remember that Reilly really is the frontrunner here and that many of us on this board are more liberal than the electorate, hence our inclination towards Patrick. I think if Patrick ends up winning, than any of the 3 major LG candidates help him; if Reilly ends up winning, he needs Silbert or Goldberg to compete.
I don’t think that you neeeed a woman on the ticket to win. It is more important to have someone who is well-rounded and has the state and local political experience. Personally, I don’t think someone’s gender or race should bring more to the ticket than experience and skill. But, maybe that is me being naive?
I agree with your premise, and I’d like to think the voters are at that place, but I think that Romney won in large part because he never attacked O’Brien (I could be wrong – I haven’t done a lexis search or anything), and instead Healey did. I’m not saying that Reilly would need Silbert or GOldberg to be an attack dog, but given his cold-ness, I think having a woman on the ticket could warm the ticket up a bit, and also make it easier to go after Healey. Of course, she’s such an easy target, that perhaps suburban women wouldn’t get offended if Reilly attacked her himself.
The Big Winner in Chris Gabrieliâs announcement that he will not run for Lieutenant Governor is Tim Murray. Both Murray and Gabrieli,(I bleive) had the most previous experience in campaigning, and with the latterâs withdrawal it puts Tim in a stronger position to capitalize on the claim of greater experience on the trail and his years as a City Councilman and Mayor of the second biggest city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.