In no particular order: Polling works.  It worked in 2006, and it worked this time too.  Yes, there was some variation.  Rasmussen, in particular, came out looking pretty bad in Massachusetts, as did the Globe's pollster at … [Read more...]

Back in January, Scott Brown rocked the political world in Massachusetts and around the country by winning the Senate seat held for decades by Ted Kennedy.  There's no doubt that Brown's victory energized Republicans both here and … [Read more...]

So when you see Charlie rooting for the Commonwealth's failure, remember that it's a political tactic -- and it's wrong.  Most importantly, let it fuel you.  Let it drive you out to vote and help on Election Day.  Let it give … [Read more...]

Suffolk has Patrick up 7.  State House News has Patrick up 3.  Rasmussen has Patrick up 2.  UPDATE: And Western New England College has Patrick up 5. The message really couldn't be much clearer.  Patrick is ahead and … [Read more...]

On the heels of Charlie Baker's effort to spin the news with another internal poll - quite an unsuccessful effort, I might add - Suffolk has released a new poll showing what basically all independent polls have shown recently: Patrick holds … [Read more...]

The Globe has endorsed Deval Patrick for reelection.  That in itself is not much of a surprise.  What did surprise me, though, is how cogent, thoughtful, and passionate the editorial is.  I'm not always the biggest fan of the … [Read more...]

Check out this hilarious photo, from today's Herald, of last night's debate.  Do you notice something different about one of the candidates? Yeah, that's right.  Three of them are laughing or smiling.  And one of them looks … [Read more...]