Deval Patrick talked about changing the Big Dig Culture, and involving the grassroots as a means of governing. So it wasn't a big surprise when he got criticized for meeting with über-lobbyist Tom O'Neill during the campaign; or that Tim … [Read more...]
How Massachusetts Can Help in the House: Meehan’s Millions
I lurk both here and over at MyDD, but a recent post there caught my eye. From Chris Bowers:Amidst all of this talk about taking out loans to fund key races and newly emerging races, not enough attention has been given to the huge amount of … [Read more...]
Healey appears to be committing MASSIVE campaign finance law violation
First, a refresher on some campaign finance basics. In Massachusetts, of course, no one may contribute more than $500 to a campaign, except the candidate herself, whose contributions are unlimited. Spouses fall under this rule, … [Read more...]
Patrick’s August take: $695,000
That, folks, would be a record -- by a lot.:BOSTON Deval Patrick, a Democratic candidate for governor, appears to have raised a record sum during the month of August.He took in 695-thousand dollars from outside donors.The total was divulged … [Read more...]
Morning papers
Items of interest today:As foreshadowed by the Sages of Beverly, Deval Patrick shatters the single-month fundraising record, previously held by Mitt Romney; Patrick's camp says they've raised about $550k in August. Patrick heard to say -- … [Read more...]
Make Up For Mitt in NH
New Hampshire Dems are raging the stage, raising way, way more money than the state GOP. Guess who's trying to narrow the gap?The state Democratic Party raised $540,936 for the reporting period, spent $486,246 and has $54,690 remaining.The … [Read more...]
Patrick raking it in
Hub Politics has a nice rundown with graphs (and anti-Dem cheap shots gratis, of course) of fundraising for August 1-15. Just to sum up -- Patrick is raising a lot more money (a 10-1 ratio) and from many more donors, than Reilly or … [Read more...]
ActBlue: Today’s the day
One prominent PAC goes by the axiom (and acronym) that Early Money Is Like Yeast -- it makes dough rise. That's why today is an important day to give money to Congressional candidates in NH, VT, RI, and NY: August 23 is the contributions … [Read more...]
Is Gabrieli getting re$ult$?
So, Kerry Healey's campaign now views Chris Gabrieli's campaign as the biggest challenge, and it's not hard to see why -- he's dumped a jaw-dropping $7.5 million into his campaign. His TV ads are ubiquitous, he's on the radio, he's got … [Read more...]
The Incumbent Party – Massachusetts Division
First, a guest poster at Talking Points Memo had a couple of posts up at these links: The Incumbent Party I and The Incumbent Party II that talks about the fact that we have three parties in this country: the Republican Party, the … [Read more...]
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