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Healey: Mihos will take more votes from Patrick than us.

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In some part of yesterday’s Globe there was a quote from some knucklehead on the Healey campaign that went something like this:

“Well, if Mihos did better than expected, that is good for us because he will take more votes from Patrick then from us.  We aren’t going to get any of the anti-incumbent vote anyway.”

There is only one small problem with this logic. If the Healey camp is correct, and Patrick and Mihos are sort of splitting the anti-incumbent vote (if you can call 65/5 splitting) then:

Patrick: 65%

Mihos:  5%

Healey  25%

Ross:  1%

Undecided:4%

Healey’s camp is admitting that they are stuck at under 30%, since roughly 70% of the voters seem to be committed to one of the ‘anti-incumbent’ candidates, and the Healey camp is planning on getting their support anyway.

So where exactly is Kerry Healey going to pick up the votes that she needs to win? 

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    • Where turnout was MUCH higher than forcast and where DP’s victory was bigger than forecast?  How’s that for a voting history???  It’s also even really recent!

  3. It’s simple: she attacks Patrick and builds up Grace Ross enough to wind up with exactly 25% for each of the four candidates.  Now that she needs only one vote to break the tie…

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    Drumroll…

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    She gets Shonda Schilling to register before the 10/18 deadline!

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    • After a long day of teaching kids (and a school shooting down the street from my school), you’ve provided me with a much needed laugh.  Good one, man!  Very funny.

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