This past Monday was the deadline to inform the state party chair of one’s intent to be candidate for statewide office at June’s convention. Getting his letter in right under the wire was former Lowell Mayor (plan E) Patrick Murphy, who is considering a run for Treasurer and Receiver-General. However, the article indicates he is still deciding whether to actually follow through with it.
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Good! Bump should get one too. This is how benches are developed and the best people get to do the job on our behalf.
Disagree. If you have a specific concern about the incumbent then yes (and it sounds like Murphy does have different ideas for using the office), but don’t do it just to build the bench or because it’s good for democracy. That’s a waste of financial and human resources. Plus statewide offices don’t make sense to just jump to for the heck of it. I will support Goldberg.
Oh to clarify, I mean challenging mediocre incumbents is a smart strategy for the young and ambitious. It’s a good way to build a bench by clearing our the detritus.
I don’t know Murphy, but neither Goldberg nor Bump have done much to impress me. Goldberg embraced her role in casinos while skirting her role in setting up a viable
above ground marijuana market. Bump chases after mythical “EBT fraud” while ignoring the vast misuse of funds and resources at the T or the price gouging Partners engages in with Mass Health.
Challenging Healey would be a fools errand since she’s the most popular Democrat in the state and since she’s doing a damn good job. I would still welcome competition as a chance to debate ideas, but I wouldn’t be supporting it with my vote.
“Price gouging” doesn’t sound like something the Auditor is legally empowered to do anything about, if it even exists. MassHealth sets the rates, not Partners. Unlike a private insurer, they’re the same rates for everyone providing the same services. Now, maybe the rates are too high (which is price-gouging by everyone, and it’s unfair to single out Partners), or maybe Partners is lying about what services it has provided (but that’s good old fashioned fraud, not price gouging)., If the rates are too high in general, that’s a policy question more properly addressed by the Governor, who runs MassHealth. If you have specific evidence of fraud by Partners, the AG would be the first one to report it to, because they’re the ones with legal authority to pursue that money. All the Auditor can do is write a report about it. Maybe you should stick to Illinois, instead of coming here and attacking our elected officials for doing things they’re not even legally able to do.