It's not exactly a shock, but it's still worthy of note. Democracy for America, the outgrowth of Howard Dean's presidential campaign now run by his brother Jim, has endorsed Deval Patrick for Governor and has added him to its … [Read more...]
New poll shows Patrick doing better than Reilly vs. Healey
Kevin Rothstein at the Herald reports that a new Zogby/Wall Street Journal poll shows both Deval Patrick and Tom Reilly handily beating Kerry Healey - and that Patrick's lead is actually bigger:Patrick vs. Healey: 53 to 31.5 percentReilly … [Read more...]
Friday backblog
Drips and drabs that I've neglected to blog:So, a Kennedy school dean and University of Chicago prof release a white-hot report on the influence of pro-Israel lobbying groups on American foreign policy. I'm not going to address the merits … [Read more...]
For Romney, it’s still “me, me, me”
I wondered a little while back whether "Governor" Romney would let Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey sign the anti-gang bill that the legislature recently passed (which he could do by being on one of his many out-of-state trips when she signs … [Read more...]
Why Gabrieli Shouldn’t Run
I submitted the following to the Boston Globe on March 28:To the Editor:Chris Gabrieli is likely to announce shortly that he will seek the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. While I have a lot of respect for Mr. Gabrieli and the work he … [Read more...]
Andy Card resigns as White House COS
Bush Administration Chief of Staff, Holbrook native, and former MA state rep and gubernatorial candidate Andrew Card is resigning, to be replaced by "Budget" Director Josh Bolten. WBUR says there are rumours that Card may run for governor … [Read more...]
Gabrieli says he has 500 delegate signatures
AP reports today that Joe Ganley, Chris Gabrieli's spokesguy, says Gabrieli has succeeded in collecting the signatures of 500 delegates needed to put himself in contention at the convention in June.Well, clearly Gabrieli is running for … [Read more...]
More on the State House News poll
As Charley noted earlier this week, a new State House News poll shows Tom Reilly with a still-commanding lead over Deval Patrick in the Democratic primary, but with Patrick's "Deval who?" numbers still near 80%, which would seem to give … [Read more...]
Mike Capuano to endorse Deval Patrick
AP is reporting that US Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Somerville) is set to endorse Deval Patrick's campaign for Governor tomorrow afternoon.Interesting. I don't know whether Capuano and Tom Reilly have any history (I assume that Capuano … [Read more...]
The Convention, Gab500 and Jell-O
So, there's speculation here and apparently elsewhere that Gabrieli's run has an outside chance of keeping Tom Reilly off the ballot entirely, by depriving him of the 15% of delegates at the convention. Well, that would be shocking, but if … [Read more...]