Elected Officials Supporting Deb Goldberg for Lieutenant Governor (list still in formation)
Congressman Barney Frank (MA-4)
State Sen. Cynthia S. Creem (1st Middlesex and Norfolk)
State Sen. Steven Panagiotakos (1st Middlesex)
State Rep. Ruth Balser (12th Middlesex)
State Rep. Deb Blumer (6th Middlesex)
State Rep. Stephen Canessa (12th Bristol)
State Rep. Robert Coughlin (11th Norfolk)
State Rep. Barry Finegold (17th Essex)
State Rep. Geoffrey Hall (2nd Middlesex)
State Rep. Louis Kafka (8th Norfolk)
State Rep. Kay Khan (11th Middlesex)
State Rep. Stephen Kulik (1st Franklin)
State Rep. Elizabeth Malia (11th Suffolk)
State Rep. Douglas Petersen (8th Essex)
State Rep. John Rogers (12th Norfolk)
State Rep. Mike Rush (10th Suffolk)
State Rep. John Scibak (2nd Hampshire)
State Rep. Frank Smizik (15th Norfolk)
State Rep. Harriett Stanley (2nd Essex)
State Rep. Tom Stanley (9th Middlesex)
Gov. Councilor Marilyn Petitto Devaney (3rd)
Gov. Councilor Mary-Ellen Manning (5th)
Commissioner Jeffrey Welch (Plymouth)
District Attorney William Keating (Norfolk)
Treasurer Joseph Connolly (Norfolk)
Register of Deeds David Simas (Bristol, North)
Register of Probate Patrick McDermott (Norfolk)
Mayor David B. Cohen (Newton)
Sheriff Richard Bretschneider (Nantucket)
City Councilor Martin Gately (Malden)
City Councilor Thomas Hoye (Taunton)
City Councilor James Leahy (Holyoke)
City Councilor Michael Ross (Boston)
City Councilor Gregory Shanahan (Weymouth)
Selectman Robert Allen (Brookline)
Selectman Nancy Daly (Brookline)
Selectman John Bulian (Needham)
Selectman Daniel Matthews (Needham)
Selectman Jason Booth (Tyngsborough)
Alderman Susan Albright (Newton)
Alderman Ted Hess-Mahan (Newton)
Alderman Marcia Johnson (Newton)
Alderman Richard Lipof (Newton)
So Deb’s insider connections are paying off – but does she need to rip off Andrea Silbert’s message too? First Reilly takes Andrea’s lines nearly word for word in his announcement and now Goldberg’s supporter says “The best program for working families is a good paying job?” I have heard Andrea say each time I’ve seen her, “The best social program is a good job.” It’s on the issues section of her website and has been for months. So, sorry Deb, she got to that one long before you.ou
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Just because TIm Murray is beating Deb at what Deb once thought was her message, the “citiesandtowns, citiesandtowns, citiesandtowns” horse she pounded on for the first 6 months before Murray jumped in, doesn’t mean she can even begin to speak credibly on job creation compared to Andrea.
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Also, I believe this list of endorsers makes the case even more that we need someone who is new to the system and not so eager to trot out a list of electeds as evidence she’s qualified. Experience and commitment, both life and work, are much more important. That’s Andrea’s strength and that’s why she’s the best LG candidate.
Fieldguy,
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You’re right. I was amazed when I read that.
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It’s a testament to Silbert that she’s being ripped off here. I think she’s a sleeper in this weekend’s caucuses. No one I’ve spoken to (in Metrowest) is on board with anyone but Silbert. They want a change, and while they are split between Reilly and Deval (I’m torn), it’s clear that Silbert is rising above the fray here.
just because silbert used a line doesn’t give her the copy right on it … and all those lines are ripped off from Clinton’s 1996 SOTU. So, they’re all stealing from the best of the best.
This notion that jobs and economic development are new issues that no one ever thought of before Andrea Silbert hit the scene strikes me as completely ridiculous.
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And as for “the best social program is a good job” being a new invention of Silbert’s, oh come off it. Bill Clinton. Evan Bayh. Chris Dodd. FDR, for heaven’s sake. This has been a Democratic talking point for decades. A Republican one too, for that matter (here’s Bush I with the same words). Even the Canadians are onto this one.
I can assure you that the campaign staffs of Tom Reilly, Deb Goldberg, Tim Murray or any other politician have better things to do than to monitor Andrea Silbert’s website waiting to see what new catch phrases they can steal next. These campaigns are run by seasoned campaign veterans who don’t need to rip off boiler-plate political ideas from a political newcomer. You Silbert supporters really need to stop flattering yourself and step back down to reality. She’s a strong candidate, but I guarantee she hasn’t pioneered the “job innovation” or “social change” ideas. I think these phrases got coined sometime about 225 years ago.
“seasoned campaign veterans”
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Like, that is supposed to impress anyone? I almost fell off my chair laughing. The same geniuses that ran John Kerry’s campaign? Maybe the ones who advised him to call in from Davos on Alito. The fact that I’m commenting on 3 February after the latest LD fiasco just makes the comment that much more amusing.
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The last thing any candidate who wants to succeed needs is a “seasoned campaign veteran.”
“seasoned campaign veterans”
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Like, that is supposed to impress anyone? I almost fell off my chair laughing. The same geniuses that ran John Kerry’s campaign? Maybe the ones who advised him to call in from Davos on Alito. The fact that I’m commenting on 3 February after the latest LG fiasco just makes the comment that much more amusing.
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The last thing any candidate who wants to succeed needs is a “seasoned campaign veteran.”
Ray Flynn used that all the time as Mayor, and he probably got it from his former boss, Hubert Humphrey …
Well, Andrea Silbert has actually done it, hands on and effectively. It helps a lot when the source can credibly speak to the topic.
Fieldguy, you seem to be awfully quick to attack any other candidates when they send out a release or make statements that may be beneficial for their campaigns, and quick to dub them “Silbert rip-offs.” What’s the deal? It’s getting to be somewhat excessive. What are you going to do if Andrea (or Murray) doesn’t win the nomination in September?
but having “done it” doesn’t give you pre-eminence over any one who said it before you.
But it gives credibility in the current race. I believe having a Lt Governor that has demonstrable experience in using public and private partnerships to create economic opportunity is quite a valuable asset.
I don’t think any one of the Lt. Gov. candidates is really saying anything new. The key issues are the basically same for all of them: the economy, health care, and education.
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The differences among them are largely those of “em-PHA-sis” — e.g., Silbert on jobs, Kelley on health care, Goldberg and Murray on the local/state nexus — and whether any one of them has “walked the talk”. It’s one thing to say your a “jobs” candidate, and it’s quite another to actually have the resume to back it up. But I think we all know that.
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As a prospective voter — and hopeful delegate at the ’06 convention — I’ll be looking for the candidate who best comlpements the strengths of my gubernatorial pick. I’m backing Patrick and I haven’t yet decided who I think will best match him. All of the candidates have strengths, and all have weaknesses — but I haven’t yet been blown away by any one of them.
Many writers on this blog have already dealt with the idea that every time any other candidate mentions jobs, they’re somehow stealing from Silbert, so I won’t address that here.
As for Deb “trotting out” a list of elected officials, that isn’t exactly an uncommon practice either. I don’t think it should be taken as a detriment that many state officials who have worked with Deb believe she is the best-qualified candidate to be Lieutenant Governor. The candidate who will win, in my view, will be one who realizes that “citiesandtowns” and “jobs” and so many other things are not separate issues but rather part of the overall need to make MA a more affordable, desirable place for people to live and businesses to locate.