Flaherty is a strong candidate. Years of experience as a prosecutor, including murder and other major crimes, and including management experience running the narcotics and career criminal units in his office. More years of … [Read more...]
No-show Galluccio?
Here he says: Early 2006 - .... When the committee chairs were announced, Councillor Decker (who, along with Councillor Galluccio, has maintained the worst record of committee attendance during her time on the Council) was surprisingly … [Read more...]
Healey closing the gap!
... now it's a mere 21% difference:In the survey of 664 likely voters taken earlier this week, Patrick collected 55-percent, Healey was a distant second with 34%. Independent candidate Christy Mihos slipped to 6%, Green/Rainbow Party … [Read more...]
Debate open thread
Hoo boy, this is a nasty one so far. Ross just took Healey to task for "re-traumatizing" women who have been victims of sexual assault. Ouch.Whaddya got?UPDATE: All right, I don't have much to say about this, since it seems like most of it … [Read more...]
Notes on tonight’s debate
UPDATE: Sound files from tonight's post-debate press gaggle:Kerry Healey (She was first out -- I only caught the last part of her remarks.)Christy MihosDeval PatrickGrace RossSorry this didn't get up sooner. Here are some quick hits from … [Read more...]
Could it possibly be funny twice?!? Alternative Debate Transcript, II
TRASNLATED TRANSCRIPTDavid Gergen: Hi, Im David Gergen! You may know me from that West Wing special back in 2002! Im having real trouble talking tonight, so lets get right to it. Frank Phillips from the Globe has … [Read more...]
Quick hits from the debate
Just a few thoughts from the debate:A good response from Deval regarding the rape-n'-murder fearmongering from Healey: "Come down from your high horse... I'll show you around." Nice. The problem with running nasty ads like that is that you … [Read more...]
Debate wrap-up
Well, mostly more of the same this time, with a lot more Hello Springfield!Grace Ross makes a terrific case for progressive taxation and dealing with global warming. Hey Grace -- if you're not hearing this from anywhere else, let me invite … [Read more...]
Debate open thread
I'll be on TV tonight on another channel, David and Bob are away, so it's up to the BMG denizens to tend the hearth. Anyway, I'd rather hear what you have to say about it rather than actually see it myself. Is that so wrong?Spill it out … [Read more...]
Questions I’d like to hear tomorrow
Stepping out of hyper-partisan mode for a moment, there are some questions I think would be of general interest in tomorrow's debate. No hotbuttons, no press-release-fed crap. Let's talk about the real headaches that are going to face the … [Read more...]