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Grace Ross on Elections and Beyond

November 16, 2010 By massmarrier


Ross is right out there. She is also pretty optimistic. For one, she thinks that the anger and energy the Tea Party types rode in this last election cycle is populist not right wing energy.

I am not as confident as she that clear-eyed regular folk can win office. However, she thinks the traditional Dems and Republican in MA could do that, as could third-party candidates. Meanwhile, she laments what she sees as a state and nation “scope-locked on political sexiness of running for office” rather than the issues that plain folk find important.

She offered a number of highlights. She discussed that poorly worded 2006 Green-Rainbow platform that sounded antisemitic and how what actually separated her from that party was how they “lost track of their roots, the interests of working people.”

In her foreclosure and related work, someone she has retained a strong respect for is AG Martha Coakley. Ross calls her “vastly misunderstood” and the “best champion at the state level against major corporate interests run amok.”

For herself, she is not eager to run for or serve in office. She is happy filing populist legislation.

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  1. christopher says

    November 16, 2010 at 11:54 pm

    • massmarrier says

      November 17, 2010 at 9:28 am

      I would have supposed so too. Yet after the session, I am fairly convinced she is happiest filing legislation for protecting citizens.

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      p>She certainly could continue to do that, at least at the MA level, in the legislature. Yet, she seem to love during her advocacy as she has been.

      • christopher says

        November 17, 2010 at 9:35 am

        It seems like if she likes filing legislation then actually legislating is EXACTLY what she should be doing.

        • massmarrier says

          November 17, 2010 at 10:00 am

          Right-of-petition folk would be my thing. I haven’t been too successful and accept that you need to go to the well many times to be so.

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          p>She works with many legislators and through such groups as her anti-predatory lending one to get stuff passed. She has been successful and seems happy to let the sponsoring GC members take full credit. Efficiency and pragmatism seem to be her guides.

      • massmarrier says

        November 17, 2010 at 9:38 am

        That would be “doing her advocacy”.

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