The Republican approach on taxes at the national level has been to "starve the beast": cut taxes, wait until everyone complains about the resulting budget deficit, and then use that as cover to slash spending. Of course, it doesn't work: … [Read more...]
BMG commenter defends income tax rollback better than Reilly, Healey, or anyone else
BMG denizen MaverickDem posted a truly excellent comment on the thread discussing the recent override vote in Lexington. I thought it was by far the best defense of the income tax rollback to 5% that I've seen anywhere - including … [Read more...]
Should Gabrieli and Reilly get out of the race?
Here are a few reasons G+R should get out, a la Weld. The NY results: Faso 62%, Weld 38%. Patrick's 58% to Reilly's 27% and Gabrieli's 15% is a similar 'blowing 'em out of the water' kind of result. The person who wins the … [Read more...]
What I did at the convention
Newton was major league Deval country, to the tune of about 85%. The teller, assistant teller, and credentials officer were all Deval people. So you could say I was in enemy territory. But I don't like to use that phrase, since everyone was … [Read more...]
Convention react and predict and what doesn’t matter
We're a very long way from September.CONVENTION REACTI agree that Patrick and Gabrieli have some passionate supporters, and they were all pretty much in that convention center. I agree that Reilly got schooled at the caucuses and … [Read more...]
Now What? Lessons From 2002?
Math MCAS #2. What lessons can be derived from 2002 Democratic primary poll data? June 23 Herald PollO'Brien 31 %Reich 19 %;Birmingham 12 %Grossman 6 %Tolman 3 %Undecided 28 % September 10 Herald PollO'Brien 28 %Reich 28 … [Read more...]
Convention wrap-up
First of all, congratulations to all the candidates, all of whom got onto the September ballot -- including, by a squeaker, Chris Gabrieli. Congrats especially to Deval Patrick, Tim Murray, and Bill Galvin, the convention-endorsed … [Read more...]
My final statement on 15% before the convention
OK, it's crunch time for the candidates to reel in their delegates, and obviously the campaigns are a bit on edge. For my own sake, I'll just clarify my thoughts on the whole thing: As we've said any number of times, the 15% rule is … [Read more...]
Reilly takes big swing at Patrick, accidentally hits self
The Herald reports that, in response to Deval Patrick's blockbuster financial disclosure, Tom Reilly released the following statement:The truth and Deval Patrick are clearly strangers when it comes to Ameriquest. He claims to have been the … [Read more...]
Herald: Gabrieli backed anti-tax cut group in 2000
The Herald's Dave Wedge, who seems to have a limitless ability to dig interesting items out of years-old records, has found that in 2000 Chris Gabrieli donated $15,100 to a political action committee that fought against the ballot question … [Read more...]
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