Why did Sen Prez Terry Murray”s campaign hire P.R. guru George Regan?
Seems odd. As I am sure everyone of you already know, Regan was one of the young and super talented people Kevin White had working for him when he was mayor. Like many of them he became quite sucessful. (Barney Frank is another)
Regan has a long list of clients that includes Mohegan Sun,Bank of America, SBLI Insurance, and a slew of restaurants. – George gets paid to tell the Inside Track girls what lame local celebrities or out of town athletes were seen eating at his clients’ restaurants.
No knock to George. He knows what he is doing and he just picked up a good client. Good for him. He does know politics but that is not his main thing. He is public relations, community relations, and crisis management. He is not a lobbyest. His firms web site however, states that it does know how legislation works and can make allies of “key elected officials”.
Which takes us back to Sen. Prez Murray. Why does her campaign need him? Does she need an image consultant? Does she need a few good stories planted to help her nasty reputaion?
Either way, there are other, less high profile ways, to go about it. What is she thinking? I wonder what the story behind the story is. Is this payback for George being there when she called all those times prior to being Senate Prez.? Has she used George before to leak true or untrue stories about political enemies? I don’t know. There are other ways to pay him back than hiring him for a few bucks. This just seems strange.
Or is it Terry showing us that she really does not know what she is doing? She’s in charge now. She can’t rely on the boss anymore and being a jerk to many people to hide her inexperience and self-doubt isn’t gonna cut it.
Strange move Terry. More Plymouth than Dorchester.
Whence does her bad reputation come from? Giving her word that a vote would be held on an issue she personally opposed, and the KEEPING IT? After working to defeat it?
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For working hard for her constituents? For keeping the Base open in Bourne – and the IBEW jobs that go with it? She is very well respected outside of parochial Boston. Maybe THAT is why she needs a PR person.
Just the way she goes about her business. She does have a reputation of being petty and vengeful. Unfortunately because she is a woman the term “bitch” gets used alot. But I am told it is not beneath her to spread untrue rumors to forward her personal agenda. That was a tool she used during budget negotiations. (“Well mr. Chairman”, she would say, “are you aware that the head of such aa such agencie which is requesting this $$$ is under federal investigation?”) Untrue crap like that.
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Sorry Peter. Plenty of jerks have delivered for their constituents. It doesn’t make her a better person.
I’m sorry, I just have to get some lemonade and retire to a fainting couch.
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I had thought being petty and vengeful were prerequisites to Leadership in the Democrat-dominated State House, but what would I know. Hey, let’s ask Sal DiMasi what he’s demanded to get Brad Jone’s vote.
How’s That for Honesty.
Hey – I don’t like Jim Marzilli, and think Byron Rusing is a gent – and ideologically, there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between them!