But it is too late for Grace Ross. She has been branded. She is anti-Semitic. Her recent efforts to protest, explain or engage further discussion show no sign of saving her reputation. She has been smeared.Little … [Read more...]
Transition Team: Are There Enough Women At The Table?
I haven't done the math but I am informed that women hold approximately 25% of the spots on the Transition Team. It seems a bit low. Any thoughts? … [Read more...]
I Feel Like It’s Christmas Eve…
...and I can't fall asleep. What a wonderful feeling.I believe this is the dawn of a new era in American politics. I really do. … [Read more...]
Healey’s Exit Strategy
Can it be? Is Kerry Healey's new "non-negative" ad the first sign that our sitting Lieutenant Governor is ramping up an exit strategy?Kerry's run for the corner office will long be remembered as one of the most misconceived campaigns … [Read more...]
Where’s Reilly?
Just caught Martha Coakley's ad for Deval. It was pitch perfect. Next up was the Emily Rooney show offering an entertaining segment on Deval's unprecedented endorsement from Lawyer's Weekly. Both arose in response to … [Read more...]
How About That Menino Spin?
Not that it's a bad thing but I got a great kick out of the Menino introduction at today's rally. If I had just walked in I would have thought that Mayor Menino was with Deval for the past year. "One year ago, Mayor Menino stood … [Read more...]
Nobody asked me, but…
If I were Kerry Healy's media advisor, I would have pulled her "cop killer" ad from heavy rotation as soon as the LaGuer story picked up steam, the better to focus attacks during the short life of a rather weak "gotcha" story. Instead … [Read more...]
Lemire Trumps Smear
I just heard that James Lemire's appointment as a Superior Court judge was approved by the Governor's Council today. Congratulations to those who resisted the attempts of pro-Ben LaGuer partisans to unfairly smear his candidacy, and … [Read more...]
Rumplestiltsken
Although I do not consider myself a "single issue" person, My concerns about the role played by money in politics continue to grow. Money changes everything, and its current influence goes well beyond what I suspect our founding … [Read more...]
Who Doesn’t Want Change in Massachusetts?
Massachusetts is a curious anomaly. We enjoy a well-deserved national reputation as a place of progressive and enlightened ideas. We are known for our free thinking, open minded electorate. To most of the country we are the … [Read more...]