Reilly could have ignored the problems of the Guatamalan workers. It was not politically advantagous, since the workers could not vote. It was a matter of principle. I am suspicious of candidates who try to buy elections with their own … [Read more...]
Reilly Poll Surge and Campaign Trail Milestone???
At the rate he's surging, extrapolating out, he'll be in first place by October 1st, when's the Primary?note: Poll Answer "Declaring the Big Dig a" should read "Declaring the Big Dig a Crime Scene" … [Read more...]
A flawed press release leads to inaccurate reporting
The press release that Suffolk University put out yesterday regarding its new poll wasn't exactly inaccurate. But it was incomplete in significant ways - and it led to erroneous reporting in most of the newspapers and wire services … [Read more...]
Call for submissions — Promote Your Favorite Reform Candidate
Jay has tweaked us (I think) for supporting the idea that a Democratic governor would be an even more effective check on our hacky (Democratic) legislature than the 16-year string of ineffectual, résumé-pimping Republicans. (You tweak me -- … [Read more...]
Tom Reilly’s curious obsession with tax returns
Today's Globe reports that Tom Reilly may have axed Chris Gabrieli as his running mate because - get this - Gabrieli wouldn't agree to release his tax returns.Which is fine, I guess, until you recall what happened to the person Reilly … [Read more...]
Is there anyone jumping ship from Patrick to Gabrieli?
I've been thinking about this for a long time(before Killer Coke and the latest polls). I am the prototypical Patrick supporter: very involved, active MA Democrat, as far left as you can get and a bit too idealistic about … [Read more...]
Lesson from 2002: no one had better get too comfortable
A great find from 2002, regarding a Channel 7/Suffolk University poll taken 4 weeks before the general election (today, by the way, is 4 weeks before the primary). Many thanks to ShillelaghLaw for some outstanding digging!Our poll … [Read more...]
The anti-Incumbents: Leah O’Leary takes on John Rogers
First in an occasional series of posts on candidates challenging Democratic incumbents in the legislature.As we've already discussed, there are very very few Democrats trying to dislodge incumbent Democrats in the legislature this … [Read more...]
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Kudos to Patrick and Gabrielli for clean campaigning, but the truth is that neither of them could afford to be tainted with the kind of dark-side machiavellian gambits like the Killer Coke scam. That doesnt hurt Reilly so much because it … [Read more...]
Suffolk poll has Gabrieli on top
In an embarrassment of riches for poll junkies, Suffolk University and Channel 7 have released a new poll on the same day as Survey USA/Channel 4. And the Suffolk poll is wildly different from Survey USA. The Suffolk press … [Read more...]
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