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“Heckuva job, Johnny!”

October 27, 2006 By David

Does the recent imbroglio over Mitt Romney's hand-picked Turnpike Chairman and transportation secretary John Cogliano's rehiring of Bechtel to fix the tunnel they broke remind you of anything?Let's compare RomneyCo's response to this string … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-dig, romney

A peculiarity at the Globe

October 27, 2006 By David

Here's something that struck me as odd.Let's think back about a week - specifically, before the plethora of polls this week unanimously showing Deval Patrick with roughly a 25 point lead over Kerry Healey.  Before the first of those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: governor, healey, massachusetts, media, patrick, vote-11.7.2006

Harvard extends an invitation to the BMG community

October 27, 2006 By David

Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society is hosting a "Celebration of Political Bloggers" on Monday, October 30, starting at 5 pm.  They've invited the BMG community to attend -- the idea is to discuss and celebrate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bmg

Message from Deval: “Ignore the polls”

October 26, 2006 By David

From DPHQ:Dear Friend,Please ignore the polls. I know it feels good to see that, despite the onslaught of attacks from the Healey campaign, our campaign has become even stronger and is leading in opinion polls. But there are two more weeks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: governor, massachusetts, patrick, vote-11.7.2006

Keller doubts Healey made up any ground; says Patrick nearly “sealed the deal”

October 25, 2006 By David

According to the moderator of tonight's debate, Kerry Healey's performance tonight made up little if any ground on Patrick's commanding lead in recent polls.  Keller said that Healey succeeded in only two of the three goals he thought … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: governor, healey, massachusetts, patrick, vote-11.7.2006

Debate post-mortem — anyone?

October 25, 2006 By David

Alas, I missed it -- real job obligations intervened.  From the press reports, it looks a lot like the others: everyone got in some decent lines, there was the occasional contentious exchange, no one belly-flopped, and everyone walks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: governor, healey, massachusetts, patrick, vote-11.7.2006

Discord in the Healey household? Spouses differ on immigration

October 25, 2006 By David

Sean ♥ illegals; Kerry not so much.  From an already-widely-noted article in today's Globe:Sean Healey joined his colleagues at the July meeting of the President's Export Council in agreeing to tell the president that the role … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: governor, healey, massachusetts, patrick, vote-11.7.2006

Herald’s front page: subtle, as always

October 25, 2006 By David

Tonight's debate should be interesting. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: governor, healey, massachusetts, patrick, vote-11.7.2006

Ginny Buckingham: eternal optimist

October 24, 2006 By David

I'll say this for Ginny Buckingham (with whom, incidentally, I worked several years ago and whom I like quite a lot): she doesn't give up easily.While other conservative pundit-types are throwing in the towel on Kerry Healey, Ginny's hoping … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: governor, healey, massachusetts, patrick, vote-11.7.2006

Google’s “don’t be evil” motto: well, not so much

October 24, 2006 By David

As we all know, Google's corporate motto is "don't be evil."  Nice words, but they apparently don't carry into the political arena.Google, you see, has formed a PAC.  And said PAC's first Washington fundraiser was held for none … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: national

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