Onr thing the City of Boston has done, which was actually adapted from the Dukakis era Office of Federal State Relations, was to develop a "Funding Update" publication, which at first went to city department heads, then was expanded to … [Read more...]
Great Job of Reporting by Orlando Sentinel Re: Florida’s Missing Votes
http://www.orlandose...The Orlando Sentinel gets kudos for reviewing the 17,000 plus mystery ballots in Sarasota County (part of Katherine Harris' old district) and finding that a strong majority of these ballots that showed no preference … [Read more...]
Excellent piece on 2007 Boston Council Race!
http://www.dotnews.c...The Dorchester Reporter has always been one of the quality neighborhood papers in terms of political reporting, and this piece goes beyond the neighborhood borders to report on the inclinations of John Connolly, John … [Read more...]
New Virginia Numbers, from Noon Today — Webb by 8
A SurveyUSA poll, conducted exclusively for 9NEWS NOW shows Democrat Jim Webb is pulling away. Fifty-two percent of likely voters say they will vote for Webb. Forty four percent chose Republican George Allen. And two percent say they'd vote … [Read more...]
How about a 30 day moratorium on 2007 fundraisers?
OK, I know it's never gonna happen, but do we have to have a rash of Boston City Council fundraisers right after the November 7 election. To wit:Steve Murphy, November 8 (now, he did labor for Deval, so I'll help him, but ...)Sam … [Read more...]
Second Suffolk – Globe
Boston.com lists the Wilkerson-Chang-Diaz race with the Senator leading by 141 votes, or less than 2 votes per precinct.Given the write-in system, it makes sense that these ballots would be reviewed by the SCD team, as the candidate … [Read more...]
Wild Night in Ward 19 – JP (Patrick, Dunklebarger, Galvin & More!)
Just got back from our joint forum in JP with the Ward 11 and 19 Democratic Committees. After two hours, the Ward 19 Committee came up with the following endorsements:Deval Patrick for Gov -- not unexpected, by a 20-2-2-2 vote (Gabs, … [Read more...]
Weekly Dig’s take on media followup to Vennochi
http://www.weeklydig... … [Read more...]
Buy Our Ads — Or Else, Channel 4 poll
Here's the header on Jon Keller's blog today:"Poll Shows TV Blitz By Gabrieli, Reilly Paying Off"Anything wrong with a for-profit company that benefits from selling ads to candidates doing polling? Just asking.Buy our ads, your … [Read more...]
Lt.Gov Candidates in Boston Tonight!
First of all, congratulations to the Lowell folks and all the bloggers that made yesterday's forum a great success!!The Lt.Gov candidates make their way to Boston tonight for a forum at Suffolk University Law School (see calendar ..). … [Read more...]