Scot Lehigh's op-ed in today's Globe lays out some useful points about Governor Patrick's tenure -- and about his predecessors in office. Bottom line: The derisive narrative about Patrick has grown stale. Yes, he's made some clumsy … [Read more...]
Comment on the day: Spending “out of control”?
Actually from Friday, from NoPolitician:Skyrocketing spending? … [Read more...]
Coming soon: the 2010 election for Governor of Massachusetts — brought to you by GE!
OK, so having declared Charlie Baker a loser on Tuesday, it's easy enough to declare him a winner on Thursday. Why? Because Charlie Baker is the candidate the corporations are most likely to love. And on Thursday, the Supreme Court … [Read more...]
Who else lost on Tuesday?
It's the hottest game in town: listing the winners and losers from Tuesday's election. My pick for one of the losers: Charlie Baker. Sure, the election can be seen as an ominous warning to Deval Patrick. But, first of all, that's a … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker … and his hands
Quite funny. … [Read more...]
Ex-Rep. Paul Loscocco to run as Cahill’s LG
Herald: Former Rep. Paul Loscocco, a Holliston Republican, is joining unenrolled Treasurer Timothy Cahill's gubernatorial ticket, sources close to the campaign told the News Service Wednesday.... In July, Loscocco said he was enthusiastic … [Read more...]
Two middle-aged white guys to top Republican ticket?
RMG says Charlie Baker wants Senator Richard Tisei to be his running mate. This follows on the Globe's reporting on Friday that Tisei was at the top of Baker's short list, and also that Tisei "publicly disclosed yesterday that he is … [Read more...]
The story of Pagliuca2010.com
Pagliuca2010.com was to be the website for a re-election campaign, in case Pagliuca won. My first theory, but doesn't hold up -- the winner of the special election isn't up again until 2012. Pagliuca2012.com is still available. … [Read more...]
Poll update: Senate race pretty much unchanged from two weeks ago
The Channel 7/Suffolk poll out today (though if you can find it on Suffolk's website you're doing better than I am finally, it's up - press release; crosstabs) shows that not much has happened since we released our poll almost two weeks … [Read more...]
Comment of the day
Today's winner: sabutai. "With Baker, I know what I'm getting" Yes, there's a campaign slogan for troubled times... Yr. Obedient Servant, Peter Porcupine, Republican by: Peter Porcupine @ Wed Nov 04, 2009 at 11:46:11 AM EST I didn't say it … [Read more...]