Just as a follow-up to Bob's excellent primer on using social networking tools in campaigns, we've added a new "Tweet this post" button that appears at the bottom of every BMG post, just before the comments. It looks like this: Tweet … [Read more...]
Public employee union endorses Baker. Baker says nothing.
Globe: Charles D. Baker, the Republican candidate for governor, who has criticized unions as special interests that block reforms and waste taxpayer money, has quietly accepted his first union endorsement. Baker on Saturday accepted the … [Read more...]
Baker’s “welfare queen” gambit falls flat
THE PATRICK RECORD FACT: FEWER PEOPLE ON WELFARE NOW THAN UNDER BAKER "The number of recipients is down from over 110,000 in the 1990s to 50,000 now, even in the midst of the worst national economy in generations." (Herald, 10/11/10) FACT: … [Read more...]
Close the “enthusiasm gap.” Yeah – you!
Today's Globe story about the 2010 campaign's final couple of weeks has the following important quote from Mass. Dems Chair John Walsh: "We've got to close the enthusiasm gap," said state Democratic Party chairman John Walsh. As I've … [Read more...]
The latest from FiveThirtyEight: we can have a great day in MA on Nov. 2, if we work for it!
Here's what 538 is showing for the MA-Gov race - and note that these numbers don't take into account the fallout from Loscocco-gate, which seems likely to help Patrick. Projected ResultsChance of Win <script … [Read more...]
Loscocco-gate roundup
Scot Lehigh's take is, well, strange. He seems really mad at Cahill for ... something. I'm not sure what. My guess: I think he really wants to see a Patrick/Baker race, and he's annoyed that Loscocco-gate is oddly helping … [Read more...]
Weekly Joke Revue: special Loscocco-gate edition
Kudos to BMGer johnk, who tracked down a complete copy of the complaint in Cahill's lawsuit against his treacherous ex-consultants, including the attachments - emails, the consulting contract, everything. Truly a great read … [Read more...]
Mary Z. Connaughton’s secret weapon – North End edition
Spotted in the North End by an alert reader. :D … [Read more...]
Jim McKenna: not ready for prime time. At all.
Reporter: Over the last 10 years or so, you've only voted less than ... just about 50% of the time in state and federal elections. How do you explain that to the voters in general who you want to vote for you? Jim McKenna: [awkward … [Read more...]
Mary Connaughton’s bad day
Wow. HT to massmarrier for spotting this very revealing debate between Democrat Suzanne Bump and Republican Mary Connaughton, the major-party candidates for State Auditor. This is an interesting race, and Sunday's Globe poll … [Read more...]
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