Globe op-ed columnist Joan Vennochi shows the newsroom guys how it's done. Check this out:[Last week], top Reilly campaign operatives discussed, via e-mail, how to "map out shadow plans for our friend at Killer Coke." The "friend" is … [Read more...]
Joan Vennochi’s curious Killer Coke column
Joan Vennochi's Thursday column, entitled "Killer Coke's charges go flat," is quite the fascinating combination of target-hitting and boat-missing. Consider:Remember the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth? In August 2004, that group … [Read more...]
Pro-Patrick unions file complaint with OCPF regarding Killer Coke
Adam Reilly has the scoop: several unions that are backing Deval Patrick for Governor have filed "a formal complaint and request for investigation" regarding Ray Rogers' and The Campaign to Stop Killer Coke's anti-Deval Patrick … [Read more...]
Mr. Killer Coke heading for MA; State House News and Bonifaz (but not the Globe) cite BMG
The Campaign to Stop Killer Coke, a/k/a Ray Rogers, is coming from his New York home to Massachusetts, apparently tonight, according to State House News Service.The SHNS story reports that Rogers is "planning to disrupt Deval Patrick … [Read more...]
Deval and the “Corporate Issue”
First, lets talk about the general election. Patrick skeptics on this site have basically argued that he's "too" something--usually liberal or reluctant to cut the income tax or attack undocumented immigratsto beat Kerry Healy (just … [Read more...]
“Killer Coke” and campaign finance regulation
Is the flier "express advocacy"?The basic distinction between "express advocacy" and "issue advocacy" is that "express advocacy" urges the election or defeat of a particular candidate, while "issue advocacy" doesn't. This is how OCPF … [Read more...]
Who is “Killer Coke”?
As Frank Phillips reported today, and as we've already discussed, an outfit called "Killer Coke" doesn't think much of Deval Patrick, and doesn't want him to be elected Governor of Massachusetts.So who is "Killer Coke," also known as the … [Read more...]
Frank Phillips Again Selectively Filtering the Facts
In an interview, Patrick argued that he took his progressive values into the corporations where he worked, and implemented significant changes, such as reforming lending practices at Ameriquest, pushing Texaco to quit an industry advocacy … [Read more...]