The words in the title are not mine, actually. They are the words of the wingnuttiest of them all, WTKK's Michael Graham, who really, really doesn't want Deval Patrick to win. But of course he's right - in fact, he wrote that post in … [Read more...]
New Suffolk poll: Loscocco-gate bad news for Baker as his unfavorable ratings soar
Charley beat me to the punch, but I want to elaborate a bit on the new Suffolk poll, which is impossible to see as anything but very good news for Governor Patrick. As Charley has reported, the horserace numbers are good: at 7 points, … [Read more...]
Taking stock of today’s developments in Loscocco-gate [updated]
Loscocco is finished as any sort of political player. He's shown himself to be a treacherous, opportunistic loser who, after being rebuffed by Baker and signing on with Cahill instead, then invented a reason to desert the Cahill … [Read more...]
Baker’s “welfare queen” gambit falls flat
THE PATRICK RECORD FACT: FEWER PEOPLE ON WELFARE NOW THAN UNDER BAKER "The number of recipients is down from over 110,000 in the 1990s to 50,000 now, even in the midst of the worst national economy in generations." (Herald, 10/11/10) FACT: … [Read more...]
State revenues recover somewhat
Good news ... NEW YORK - Massachusetts tax revenue rose just over 14 percent in September from a year ago, mainly because taxes paid by businesses and corporations leaped nearly 53 percent, the state Revenue Commissioner said on … [Read more...]
An interesting and AFAIK overlooked detail from the Globe poll
There has, of course, been lots of commentary about the Globe's poll, released over the weekend, that shows Charlie Baker within one point of Governor Patrick. As far as I know, however, this detail, which I find quite interesting, … [Read more...]
Suffolk poll shows MA-Gov race largely unchanged
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...]
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS NEXT: PATRICK FOR GOVERNOR
I have listened to the debates so far and two things are clear: first, Charlie Baker would be bad. And second, Tim Cahill would be equally bad. Keep in mind that I am the same guy who has spent nearly three years arguing with … [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...]
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...]
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