Did anyone see the new Christy Mihos ad on televison last night?I admit to turning on Channel 4 news to enjoy the report on the new poll that puts Patrick ahead of Kerry Murphy Healey by 39 points.But that got bumped to second place, when … [Read more...]
If he’s going to win, Deval needs to get more green
In the year 2006, you can give up to:$500 to Deval Patrick$500 to Tim Murray$5000 to the State PartyThis is all handled by the "Victory Fund." It'll all head toward the governor's race. If you've maxed out with Deval, it goes … [Read more...]
Team Healey ad
Signs of major Republican Party Fracture…
Larson, who three years ago was number one on Boston Magazine's list of the 100 most powerful women in the city, said in an interview that she believed that Patrick had far more private and public-sector experience than Healey. "Deval … [Read more...]
Little opposition research on Healey
I used to work for PCF - the company that delivers the Globe, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal. I worked out of Newburyport, and half our drivers were illegal Brazilians. I heard that the Beverly branch is even more … [Read more...]
Predict the General: Win a T-Shirt!
Here is my second prediction contest -- predict the percentage of the vote for each of the four candidates for governor in the general election. As in the primary contest, your goal is to minimize the sum of the differences of your … [Read more...]
My Election-Day Round Up!
1. Call it a pre-election celebration: Deval's New Bedford Rally last Saturday with some pictures (including one of him and I).2. I asked people to vote and they did. Over 420,000 of them for Deval alone.3. A last minute Chris Gabrieli … [Read more...]
The Best you Can Say About Healey
While shuttling my kids to the bus stop this AM, I caught a report on WBUR about Patrick's campaign etc.The reporter, Fred Thys, commented on Kerry Healey. The phrase he used was ...the well funded Kerry Healey.I find Thys lack of … [Read more...]
Gameplan for a Patrick win in November
1. The de facto incumbent Healey curiously has chosen "The Right Kind of Change" as her slogan. This is so easily dismissed by correctly talking about Healey as a member of the current administration, it's barely worth even mentioning. Just … [Read more...]
A General Election Advertisement
The quotes come from CentralMAguy on this BMG thread and I thought it was brilliantly strong-worded, yet poignant; it's the sort of ad which can deliver votes. Use of language is paramount in an election. Not only do Democrats have to be … [Read more...]