Kerry Healey has chosen ex-Rep. and ex-head of the State Police Reed Hillman as her running mate. As soon as Hillman's name appeared out of nowhere, I figured he was the odds-on favorite. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance … [Read more...]
Tim Murray: Polished Professional
Health care. Murray argued passionately for an expansion of employer mandates. "To me it is patently unfair to have employers who are doing the right thing and then have to pay an additional tax to pay into the free care pool to help … [Read more...]
Reilly shows strength in primary poll
according to Keller at large. This is clearly not what Patrick wants to see. Reilly's real strength in female voters which buttresss yesterdays 52% support by black voters in the general election is indicative of Tom's favorability by the … [Read more...]
Conflicts of interest
There's an interesting front-page article in today's Globe about how Lou DiNatale, perhaps Boston's most frequently-quoted pollster, is not actually quite as independent as his UMass affiliation might suggest. Turns out he has worked … [Read more...]
Pollin’ pollin’ pollin’: It’s a horse race…
New poll out: CBS4/SurveyUSA, 700 voters: Healey 35%, Patrick 30%, Mihos 20% Reilly 36%, Healey 31%, Mihos 22% Link from CBS4/Jon Keller. Mihos says he's "stunned". Keller calls it a "boomlet" for Mihos. Whatever. It's March. Eight … [Read more...]
Gerry Leone: a career prosecutor – but wait, there’s more!
I think it's very easy to caricature this race as Gerry Leone, the hard-core prosecutor who's only interested in locking 'em up and throwing away the key, vs. Jarrett Barrios, the progressive lefty who has never prosecuted a case but who … [Read more...]
Weekend-end horse-race hash
In spite of David's praise of the Herald's recent political coverage, I recently remarked to someone that the Herald was the place to read about "potholes in Southie"; I made myself chuckle, but I'm probably wrong. (Lesson: Don't make … [Read more...]
Mihos website is back up
As you'll recall, Christy Mihos's campaign website (christy2006.com) was live for a brief period in mid-February, then went mysteriously dark again. Now, perhaps in celebration of his official campaign kickoff, it's back up, and it's … [Read more...]
“Mitt? Mitt who?”
We seem to be hearing that a lot lately from Romney's handpicked Lieutenant Governor, Kerry Healey, who nowadays runs screaming every time Romney takes a public position on anything. The latest: Healey has stated unequivocally that … [Read more...]
The Mihos implosion: coming soon!
Christy Mihos's decision to run as an independent was all over the news yesterday, as anonymous sources gleefully leaked the story to anyone who would listen in advance of today's official announcement.But the Herald's report that Mihos … [Read more...]
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