A new poll out from Suffolk University shows Governor Patrick holding roughly the same margin he's had over Charlie Baker for several months now, with Tim Cahill in the teens, and Jill Stein in low single digits. In other words, not … [Read more...]
538.com takes on the Governor’s races; gives Patrick a 73% chance
FiveThirtyEight.com became a must-read during the 2008 presidential race for its insightful, truly reality-based analysis of otherwise very confusing numbers that were constantly being tossed around. Nate Silver, the blog's … [Read more...]
Headline trouble
There's an interesting article on Lt. Gov. Tim Murray in the September issue of Boston Magazine. It's by State House News Service stalwart Jim O'Sullivan, one of the best political writers going, and it's well worth reading. It … [Read more...]
Unpaid tax on campaign account investment earnings-gate
Well, apparently the Globe has its talons dug deep into the burning question whether various state officials' campaigns have paid required state and federal taxes on investment earnings from campaign funds that were invested in vehicles … [Read more...]
I love campaign-speak
Campaign-speak - the language spoken by professional political types - is a language that resembles English, but that often makes you scratch your head wondering if the people employing it really meant what they appear to have just … [Read more...]
How does Charlie decide which fundraisers he shows up at?
So we've got Charlie Baker speaking at a big fundraiser for Bill "kooky lawn sign" "I AM NOT A BIRTHER" Hudak. We've got him speaking at a fundraiser for Brad "Censured!" Marston. Hey, maybe Charlie's just going all-in for every … [Read more...]
Baker campaign “happy to provide a platform” for alleged cheater
Republicans like to talk a lot about business. Charlie Baker says he's a businessman, and he has business guys talk at his rallies about how bad taxes and regulation are and how they're killing business. Just about every … [Read more...]
“That’s almost as long a pause as in the Nixon tapes”
That's Jim Braude's hilarious comment, delivered on last night's Broadside after he played the following excerpt from his radio show. The topic: whether Charlie Baker - who, by a delightful coincidence, lives in the MA-06 … [Read more...]
The closing of Wonderland, and the Globe’s front page
So as we know, the Wonderland dog racing track closed down last week, and either 85 or 150 jobs were lost as a result. I spoke to the head of MA's Rapid Response unit, Ken Messina, on Friday, and he told me that his agency has been … [Read more...]
“The race ‘will be won or lost on the airwaves.'”
Thus spake Sir Charlie in a fundraising email, as reported by today's interesting Globe story about the fundraising of the various candidates for Governor. That quote tells you a lot about Charlie Baker's strategy, which appears to … [Read more...]
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