Baker said he would have had to run a perfect race "in an ideal political environment" and that, by pulling 8 percent of the vote Tuesday, Cahill "made our already narrow window that much narrower." Ah yes, the old Howie Carr "it's all Tim … [Read more...]
Random morning-after thoughts: polling works; Herald’s funny editorials; Schadenfreude
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...]
It started here. And tonight, it ended here.
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...]
Our Vision vs. Charlie Baker’s Vision
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...]
New Suffolk Poll: Bellwether Waltham Goes Patrick
Waltham, apparently, is regarded as an electoral bellwether, with a history of going with the winner. Suffolk released a poll today that was taken over the weekend and shows Patrick up 47-40, with only 3 percent undecided. The … [Read more...]
By the way, it’s still a tight race. Do not let up. [updated]
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...]
New Suffolk poll: Patrick still up 7; ahead in fav/unfav; 59% expect him to win
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...]
Baker’s own internal poll shows his campaign collapsing
Our friends at RMG report that Charlie Baker's internal pollster shows the race as a dead heat at 40-40. This is, of course, terrible news for Team Baker. Why? Two reasons. One, the very same pollster had Baker at +7 two weeks ago, as the … [Read more...]
Globe endorses Patrick in a remarkably eloquent editorial
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...]
One of these things is not like the others …
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...]
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