Again, buried deep in the Globe:
[Jack E.] Robinson had accepted an invitation for a Nov. 16 Republican debate, sponsored by the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, calling it a “wonderful opportunity” to air the differences between the two GOP candidates.
But Eric Fehrnstrom, a Brown spokesman, said yesterday that the candidate rejected the idea of holding a debate whose location and sponsor are so thoroughly associated with Kennedy, a longtime Democratic stalwart in the Senate.
“We’re willing to debate, but it ought to be in a neutral setting with an impartial and nonpartisan sponsor,” Fehrnstrom said. “Allowing the Kennedy Institute to sponsor a Republican debate at the Kennedy Library is like having the Reagan Foundation sponsor a Democratic debate at the Ronald Reagan Library. They might as well invite us to Democratic Party headquarters and let [Governor] Deval Patrick ask the questions.”
The state hasn’t seen this kind of grandstanding since, well, the Romney administration. This should be a hilarious next few weeks.
Welcome back, Eric!
