You can check it out at www.devalpatrickstore.comI know because I just got a nice shiny leaflet in the mail. Did you get it too? If so, who are you? A Patrick delegate? A random delegate? A volunteer? A registered Democrat? Other? What's … [Read more...]
Convention transparency
All candidates gained the ballot.Counting fewer than 5000 votes still took so long that the convention lasted into the evening.Each of the gubernatorial candidates is a credible candidate; I will support the winner after September. … [Read more...]
Affective Party “Leadership”
No, it's not a typo or a grammatical error. David's recent post about Phil Johnston's "remarkable" quote about Gabrielli reminded me of what I personally found most remarkable about his comments at the convention: has anyone … [Read more...]
Predict the primary! Win a T-shirt!
Ok, time to put up or shut up. As long as I get at least 20 Democratic governor's predictions on this thread, I will mail the winner a T-shirt saying "I Won the Blue Mass Group 2006 Primary Prediction Challenge". Please be … [Read more...]
Changing Politics – the next 48 Hours
For that reason, I appreciate that this forum allows me an opportunity to state clearly a few points regarding the official position of the Deval Patrick campaign on matters of importance to convention attendees and observers and to … [Read more...]
Cambridge Straw Poll: Deval, Silbert, & Bonifaz win
Sidenotes on the results of the Cambridge Democratic City Committee (CDCC) straw poll for the three contested statewide offices:SECRETARY OF STATEThe Secretary of State vote was the most interesting vote (and closest). Secretary Galvin … [Read more...]
Help Create the Testimonial Policy for THE SOURCE (http://blog.devalpatrick.com/)
I know your readers enjoy our supporter testimonials on our blog. ;-) We just posted another one from a wonderful suporter from Otis in the Berkshires. His name is Joel. When Amy Gorin, our Campaign Co-Chair, posted the … [Read more...]
Amateur Hour at the Patrick Campaign?
First of all, I don't think I have ever heard of a campaign issuing a press release for the express purpose of addressing poll results. Second, if you are the candidate whose numbers have slipped, why in the world would you want to … [Read more...]
Deval, don’t come to my house!
WHY IS THE PATRICK CAMPAIGN WASTING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES LOOKING FOR MORE VOTES FOR A CONVENTION THEY ALREADY WON!???The Patrick campaign has the convention won--and all they really need is to get 15% to get on the ballot. Why waste … [Read more...]
Boston Globe Takes Another Swipe at Deval Patrick
The nine Massachusetts branch offices of the huge mortgage company Ameriquest will close as part of a nationwide cut of 3,800 jobs, a move that again puts the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Deval L. Patrick, in the position of … [Read more...]