It was close to an hour after most everyone else was there that about 10 to 15 Deval supporters showed up and took possession of the far end by the studio.
My numbers are open to contention, but I would put the respective camps at the following numbers:
AG Tom Reilly-> Three Hundred
Chris Gabrieli-> Two Hundred Fifty
Deval Patrick-> Fifteen People????
Maybe I missed some Deval people down at another end, but did anyone else get the same approximate numbers as I did?
What is the “official” spin from the Deval camp on the lack of supporters at the debate?
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Maybe the Deval people were actually on the phones and knocking on doors… you know, getting votes. I have no idea if that’s what was going on, but good move for them if it was. Maybe that’s part of why he’s leading in the polls.
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I’m glad the rest of you had fun with your signs though. đŸ™‚
…why have the Deval people been doing them at other locations?
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My guess is somebody dropped the ball or there’s something else going on…
Visabilities are not a waste of time. Visabilities outside of a television studio at an event that 99.8% of the audience is watching on TV are a waste of time.
Got to be one of the bigger connectors between Boston/Cambridge/Watertown and points West.
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After all the Deval Campaign is the campaign that has been touting the “massive field” organization. Last night they were literally swamped by the opposition.
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And this isn’t the first time.
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Two state cops just to direct traffic and allow workers to cross the highway safely.
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Sounds like excuses to me….
I’m guessing that this is evidence that Patrick’s support is imaginary.
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p>Or perhaps his support evaporated in the 24 hours after the latest poll was released, and his people are jumping ship to other candidates.
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p>Could be that Deval’s just a flash in the pan anyway, so his Kool-aid drinkers got bored and have moved on to some other cause du jour.
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p>Maybe he forgot to send paychecks (or under the table pay) to his “volunteers”, and they took the night off. (Sorry, wrong candidate.)
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p>They’ve all been deported, because its really only illegal aliens, moonbats, and Steve Murphy that support Deval.
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p>All of Deval’s supporters have taken Too Left for me‘s postings to heart, and have realized that Deval is too left for them. Or too right for them. Or too ambiguously centrist. Or whatever Gabby’s talking points were that day….
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p>Actually the real reason is that John Walsh has executed a super-double-secret plan; all of Deval’s supporters voted absentee, and they already have 250,000 absentee votes in the bag. They’re taking the next week off, and heading out to Richmond, MA!!