I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money.--Phil Gramm, losing Presidential candidate, 1995So, this blog is just goin' ballistic over Gabrieli's declaration that essentially he will spend … [Read more...]
As predicted, Gabrieli’s limit: “The Sky”
David said it first: The sky really is the limit for Chris Gabrieli's spending. He got to decide the campaign spending limit, since Reilly and Patrick opted for public financing. It's $15.36 million, but Gab might as well have said "A … [Read more...]
Of honey and vinegar
So, the convention's over, and it certainly seemed like a big success to me. Everybody came off well; we have three decent candidates; several excellent speeches; graciousness all around, including the gracious agreement of the Silbert camp … [Read more...]
Reilly, Gabrieli, Healey to follow?
Last night, three candidates for Governor endorsed a long-term solution to the high-cost lending problem plaguing our Commonwealth. Christy Mihos, Deval Patrick, and Grace Ross all called for at least a doubling of the state's … [Read more...]
BMG commenter defends income tax rollback better than Reilly, Healey, or anyone else
BMG denizen MaverickDem posted a truly excellent comment on the thread discussing the recent override vote in Lexington. I thought it was by far the best defense of the income tax rollback to 5% that I've seen anywhere - including … [Read more...]
Margery Eagan: Patrick “the real deal”
The Herald's Margery Eagan is impressed, and has some good advice:Every once in a while a politician shows up around here whoâs got it all going. A natural.Deval Patrickâs one of those.Smooth, smart, easy, endearing, both charisma and … [Read more...]
Sound file: Patrick’s post-convention remarks to press
Deval Patrick came right to the press room after the convention ended. For the maniacal, here's my sound file from that: it's about seven minutes and 6.6MB. I apologize that it's so quiet at the beginning; one, he was speaking very quietly, … [Read more...]
Quick hits from this morning’s papers
A couple of items of interest from today's Globe and Herald:Public financing. The three Democratic candidates for Governor must decide this week whether or not to opt into our limited public financing system. Here's the Globe's … [Read more...]
Speech therapy
So, Adam Reilly and Jon Keller both gave the "What Exactly Does That Mean?" treatment to Patrick's acceptance speech. Adam quotes a nearby eighth grade critic, clearly wise beyond her years: "Nice cliché"; Keller groans at Patrick's "vague … [Read more...]
More post-convention thoughts (if you can stand it)
To my mind, this weekend's convention was a huge success, not least by avoiding the catastrophe of shutting one of the candidates out of the September ballot. Bonifaz got on; Goldberg and Silbert got on; Gabrieli got on. Good … [Read more...]
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