Not too long ago, Kerry Healey's "one of the three worst in the country" parking garage attack ad was the toast of her campaign. It was working, her strategists said -- and furthermore, she herself said, it wasn't a "negative ad" at … [Read more...]
Conventional wisdom roundup
With the 2006 election behind us, I thought I'd take a stroll through some nuggets of "conventional wisdom" regarding how campaigns should be run, and see how they fared this year.When you do something stupid, acknowledge your error and … [Read more...]
Where’s the beef (been)?
Adam's got a terrific story at the Phoenix, asking how our local media (including chez nous) could get away with covering so little substance in the campaign, so little that would actually indicate what might happen in the next four … [Read more...]
Healey closing the gap!
... now it's a mere 21% difference:In the survey of 664 likely voters taken earlier this week, Patrick collected 55-percent, Healey was a distant second with 34%. Independent candidate Christy Mihos slipped to 6%, Green/Rainbow Party … [Read more...]
Republicans begin post-mortem on Healey’s disastrous campaign
Deval Patrick said last night that Kerry Healey is better than the campaign she has run. I think that's probably true. But in politics, you make your bed, and then you lie in it.It appears, in light of today's Globe story, that … [Read more...]
Senator Obama coming to town tomorrow
Senator Barack Obama is again coming to Boston to stump for Deval Patrick. He'll be in Roxbury tomorrow (Friday) at 6:30 pm. The rally is free and open to the public.But here's a thought: before you go, why not sign up to help … [Read more...]
Healey in the running for “nastiest ad” in the country
This is pretty amazing - hat tip to HeartlandDem for finding the story.Political parties have spent millions of dollars on TV ads and most of them are negative. Even with so many, some stand out from the pack. Jonathan Alter, a Newsweek … [Read more...]
Keller TRASHES Healey’s “jogger” ad
This is freakin' brilliant.Also, FYI: Keller called the debate a pretty clear win for Deval Patrick, concluding that Healey didn't accomplish much of what she needed to do to pick up any traction. Video here (it's the one called … [Read more...]
Ah, THAT’S who Healey’s running against!
A bit hat tip to DanSeidman for alerting us to the fact that Jon Stewart and his team of crack researchers at The Daily Show have located the Democratic candidate that Kerry Healey -- along with every other Republican in the United States … [Read more...]
Healey’s new Giuliani ad … look familiar?
So Kerry Healey's got a new ad running that features Massachusetts' favorite Yankee fan (now there's an oxymoron), Rudy Giuliani. Does anyone around here actually care what Rudy Giuliani thinks?Anyway, I couldn't help noticing that … [Read more...]
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