Channel 7/Suffolk poll out yesterday. sco, as always, has the slice-'n'-dice.Among Dems, Patrick's in the lead:Deval Patrick 31%Tom Reilly 25%Chris Gabrieli 22%Undecided 21%And check out the cool tracking graph from Suffolk.Tom Reilly said … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick’s (Not So) Secret Weapon
In today's Boston Globe there is a fine article on Diane Patrick. The article has the usual background information about where she grew up and how she met Deval, but there is one comment that I believe serves as a mission statement … [Read more...]
Reilly consistent on cops and illegals
In his post below this one, commenter FrankSkeffington claims that the Globe left a false impression that Tom Reilly has been inconsistent on the question of whether state police should be used to enforce immigration laws. Although the … [Read more...]
The 4 Laws of Electability (from a political neophyte)
1. Likeability. This is the toughest, because you either have it or you donât, but the truth is many times it is THE deciding factor.This quote by John Maxwell speaks to the likeability factor.âPeople buy in to the leader first, then … [Read more...]
Immigration: views from the columnists, and advice from a conservative
A good example is the income tax rollback. Voters voted for it. Yet you continually agitate against it. Your policy reasons may all be valid and logical and righteous. But, still, the voters voted against it. … [Read more...]
… but AFL-CIO backs Murray for Lt. Gov.
Shortly after posting on the Mass. AFL-CIO's decision not to endorse anyone in the gubernatorial primary, I received a press release from Tim Murray's campaign reporting that, with respect to the LG race, the union had not been so … [Read more...]
No AFL-CIO endorsement in DemGov primary
The Globe blog is reporting that the state AFL-CIO has decided not to endorse any of the three Democratic candidates for Governor:The decision not to endorse follows two cycles in which the 400,000-member organization anointed Democrats in … [Read more...]
Debate tonight: Nothing new
Kimberly Atkins has the right idea: If you've seen any of the other "debates" on CBS4 or WB56, you probably don't need to see tonight's on Greater Boston, unless you wanna get totally hammahed.I'll say this: Tom Reilly is a talking points … [Read more...]
Reilly’s Independence, Gabrieli’s Politics As Usual
At the end of last week, I wrote a post about how Tom Reilly, and then Deval Patrick, took a stand against the Legislature as it attempted to create a special pension for former State Representative Michael Ruane. The circumstances … [Read more...]
Another teachers’ union for Patrick
The American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts (until recently known as the Mass. Federation of Teachers) has voted to endorse Deval Patrick for Governor. This endorsement follows yesterday's announcement by the Boston Teachers' … [Read more...]
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