In case you missed it (I did, 'til just now), Jon Keller posted a remarkable quote from state party chairman Phil Johnston right before the convention, in the course of discussing rumors of last-minute changes to the 15% rule (emphasis … [Read more...]
More post-convention thoughts (if you can stand it)
To my mind, this weekend's convention was a huge success, not least by avoiding the catastrophe of shutting one of the candidates out of the September ballot. Bonifaz got on; Goldberg and Silbert got on; Gabrieli got on. Good … [Read more...]
New Kind of Politics
Deval used his speech to explain how his campaign had given every delegate an envelope. When I opened mine, I found a list of registered voters who live on my block. He's encouraging us to talk to our neighbors about politics … [Read more...]
BlogLeft meetup at the Atrium
Per rollbiz, we're meeting at the Atrium in Worcester after the convention today. Hope to see you there. … [Read more...]
A few quick thoughts from the Democratic convention
So here I am in the "press room" outside the main hall at Worcester's DCU Center. We just heard the three candidates for Governor speak, and Charley has a nice live-blog of those speeches. I pretty much agree with his take - … [Read more...]
Saturday liveblogging the convention
Deb Goldberg speaking: time to get Massachusetts moving again! Yay!*Health care: insurance co. price gouging.*Pay teachers what they deserve. (What do they deserve?)*Cities and towns have been ignored.*Her family grew supermarket chain, … [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...]
Globe trashes 15% rule
Following up on the Herald editorial from the other day, today's Globe has the following to say about the now-famous 15% rule:Who or what, exactly, is the Democratic Party? That's a good question, and an important one. The answer from the … [Read more...]
Kate’s invaluable convention guide
Dear Democrats,As is my custom, this is the special Convention Issue of the Democratic Dispatch. This year is different from other years. There is more information on procedure than I might normally include, because there have … [Read more...]
News from the campaigns
With the convention rapidly approaching, the Gov and LtGov campaigns are firing off press releases faster than anyone can keep up with them. A couple of recent highlights:Deval Patrick has broken the one-month record for fundraising … [Read more...]
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