So we've got Charlie Baker speaking at a big fundraiser for Bill "kooky lawn sign" "I AM NOT A BIRTHER" Hudak. We've got him speaking at a fundraiser for Brad "Censured!" Marston. Hey, maybe Charlie's just going all-in for every … [Read more...]
Baker campaign “happy to provide a platform” for alleged cheater
Republicans like to talk a lot about business. Charlie Baker says he's a businessman, and he has business guys talk at his rallies about how bad taxes and regulation are and how they're killing business. Just about every … [Read more...]
“That’s almost as long a pause as in the Nixon tapes”
That's Jim Braude's hilarious comment, delivered on last night's Broadside after he played the following excerpt from his radio show. The topic: whether Charlie Baker - who, by a delightful coincidence, lives in the MA-06 … [Read more...]
Baker, Hudak, and craven cowardice, part deux: pundit pile-on
Here's the key passage from Lehigh's op-ed today. Asked if he would continue going to Hudak events and thereby keep lending him credibility, Baker replied: "I've been going to campaign events for all kinds of candidates and I'm going to … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker, Bill Hudak, and craven cowardice
Scot Lehigh piles on in today's Globe, discussing a photo first brought to public attention here at BMG that shows Charlie Baker playfully gesturing to Bill "Obama/Osama" Hudak (I can hear him now: "And how about this guy, huh? I love … [Read more...]
The sorry, sorry state of MA Republicans
Brown couldn't find a principled rationale for his votes if it were staring him in the face. Oh, sure, he's all "no new taxes" and "no adding to the deficit." That, supposedly, was why he voted against the unemployment extension … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker – “Every now and then you hit a gusher”
...For six years, the Weld administration has made a concerted effort to chase every federal dollar in sight, shifting a host of costs from Beacon Hill to Capitol Hill through a variety of creative accounting maneuvers. … [Read more...]
Tuesday morning roundup: fav/unfav; no-show Baker; Bubba backs Lynch; send it back
A few items worth noting in today's papers: Good news from the Rasmussen poll. The horserace numbers from the Rasmussen poll released yesterday show basically no change in the Gov's race, but the favorable/unfavorable ratings are … [Read more...]
Baker’s police union gambit fails; RMG hilariously tries to pretend it didn’t happen
A few weeks back, Charlie Baker departed from his usual tough-on-public-employee-unions rhetoric by siding with the police unions on two topics near and dear to their hearts: details, and the Quinn bill. In fact, not only did he side … [Read more...]
Globe calls out Baker’s Big Dig BS
Before digging into the details, let's recall what Baker told Globe columnist Brian McGrory a couple of months ago: I went over to Baker's campaign office to ask him about his role in the Big Dig. He was the state's chief budget writer in … [Read more...]