What the Media Says About Republican Charles Baker’s Backroom Dealings...
“Gee, do ya think a “lifeline” could be code for a gig?” — Peter Gelzinis (Boston Herald, 10/10/10) “Sounds like Loscocco traded his support for a potential job.” — Jim Hand (Attleboro Sun Chronicle,...
View ArticleBREAKING: Judge orders partial injunction against Cahill’s ex-consultants
This just in, via Adam Reilly‘s and David Bernstein‘s real-time reporting on Twitter: the judge hearing Tim Cahill’s lawsuit against his treacherous ex-consultants, has just ordered the continuation of...
View ArticleBREAKING: Emails appear to show collusion between Cahill campaign and lottery
More from the fine Twitter reporting of Adam Reilly and David Bernstein: both are saying that evidence now being produced in court strongly suggests that the Cahill campaign was in contact with the...
View ArticleTaking stock of today’s developments in Loscocco-gate [updated]
Loscocco is finished as any sort of political player. He’s shown himself to be a treacherous, opportunistic loser who, after being rebuffed by Baker and signing on with Cahill instead, then invented...
View ArticleNew Suffolk poll: Loscocco-gate bad news for Baker as his unfavorable ratings...
Charley beat me to the punch, but I want to elaborate a bit on the new Suffolk poll, which is impossible to see as anything but very good news for Governor Patrick. As Charley has reported, the...
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“When you’re debating the polls, you’re losing”
The words in the title are not mine, actually. They are the words of the wingnuttiest of them all, WTKK’s Michael Graham, who really, really doesn’t want Deval Patrick to win. But of course he’s right...
View ArticlePick me a winner, Tom
Well, this is Massachusetts, where it's never, ever, ever too late to stick the shiv in … Tom Reilly endorses Baker. We need a change and to have that change we need new leadership,” said Reilly. He...
View ArticleThings I do not understand: Loscoccoclysm, etc.
Does an “average person using a reasonable degree of care” do these things? Do you jump off a speeding train known as a losing political campaign — in October? If you lose, join the club of losers —...
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MA GOP’s painfully lame ad may also violate copyright
So the MA GOP has a new web ad that’s supposed to be this big attack on Deval. It’s painfully lame. But it also may violate the copyright laws. Here’s the ad. Can you identify the singer? That’s...
View ArticleMA GOP’s lame ad and James Taylor’s copyright: upon further analysis, it’s...
“Parody” that uses copyrighted material can, under some circumstances, constitute “fair use.” Here’s the Supreme Court outlining this general principle in the famous 2 Live Crew case, known formally...
View ArticleRut roh! Howie writes the column he always writes when he gives up
Howie Carr had a sad little column in today’s Herald. This is the nightmare: It’s the morning of Nov. 3, the day after the election. You awaken to a Republican sweep from coast to coast. Everywhere but...
View ArticleRasmussen: Patrick retains his lead
Rasmussen has a new poll out, apparently taken Saturday night after the president’s visit. Bottom line: Patrick’s lead remains intact. This poll therefore supports what Suffolk said last week, and...
View ArticleRasmussen’s favorability ratings: Patrick at +8, Baker at -3. Wow.
A helpful reader has informed BMG that today’s Rasmussen poll‘s favorability ratings are surprisingly, well, favorable for Governor Patrick. And surprisingly weak for Charlie Baker. Favorable...
View ArticleComment of the evening: a conservative’s cry for help
Lodger, a long-time member of our stalwart band of resident conservatives, may well have summed up the feelings of many of the 50% of MA likely voters who view Charlie Baker unfavorably. i might be...
View ArticleThe Dodger, the Poser, and the Angry Man: where Charlie Baker’s campaign went...
The Dodger: Not coming to terms with the Big Dig This is huge, and to me completely inexplicable. The Big Dig was always going to be part of the conversation in this election, and the fact is that...
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Baker: Perry still “the right guy for the job in Washington”
Appalling, really. A caller to Howie Carr’s radio show yesterday asked Charlie Baker if he was still backing Jeff Perry in light of yesterday’s bombshell revelations. Baker, apparently, could not...
View ArticleIn honor of tonight’s Gov debate in Western MA, an oldie but goodie [updated]
UPDATE: I didn’t get to see tonight’s debate, but the assessment of several pundits (not BMG or RMG types) on Twitter was that Cahill won, Patrick didn’t hurt himself, and Baker looked terrible....
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Did Charlie Baker just have his “Mike Dukakis moment”?
Anyone who knows anything about recent presidential races, especially if they’re from Massachusetts, knows about the extraordinary moment when moderator Bernard Shaw asked Mike Dukakis in a televised...
View ArticleNew poll: Patrick leads by 8 (44-36), Cahill at 8.
The race marches on, the candidates keep campaigning, advertising, and debating, and the numbers keep getting worse for Charlie Baker. Western New England College has released a new poll of 400 likely...
View ArticleRally FAIL
The Globe’s description of what happened in Dennis today is comedy gold. Remember, this was supposed to be a joint appearance by Perry and Baker to rally the troops for the Republican ticket! Woohoo!...
View ArticleNew Globe poll: Patrick up 43-39; his fav/unfav is +6 while Baker’s is -2
The Globe’s new poll shows a closer race than most other independent pollsters, though it still has Patrick ahead. As the title indicates, the poll shows Patrick up over Baker 43-39, with Cahill at...
View ArticleAP finds devastating memo from Charlie Baker about the Big Dig
Talk about an October surprise. This memo, dug up by Glen Johnson at AP, is absolutely devastating, and it couldn’t come at a worse time for Charlie Baker – the same day a Globe poll finds him still...
View ArticleDebate liveblog
A vision question?? Poor Baker’s already screwed, and we haven’t brought up endorsements of child molesters yet. Tim Cahill says he isn’t a poet, and promptly proves it by talking about the suburbs....
View ArticlePost-debate media roundup: disaster for Baker
I couldn’t watch tonight’s debate, but from the coverage of several (non-partisan) reporters on Twitter and the Globe and Herald post-debate pieces, it’s pretty easy to conclude what happened: Charlie...
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One of these things is not like the others …
Check out this hilarious photo, from today’s Herald, of last night’s debate. Do you notice something different about one of the candidates? Yeah, that’s right. Three of them are laughing or smiling....
View ArticleGlobe endorses Patrick in a remarkably eloquent editorial
The Globe has endorsed Deval Patrick for reelection. That in itself is not much of a surprise. What did surprise me, though, is how cogent, thoughtful, and passionate the editorial is. I’m not...
View ArticleBaker’s own internal poll shows his campaign collapsing
Our friends at RMG report that Charlie Baker’s internal pollster shows the race as a dead heat at 40-40. This is, of course, terrible news for Team Baker. Why? Two reasons. One, the very same pollster...
View ArticleNew Suffolk poll: Patrick still up 7; ahead in fav/unfav; 59% expect him to win
On the heels of Charlie Baker’s effort to spin the news with another internal poll – quite an unsuccessful effort, I might add – Suffolk has released a new poll showing what basically all independent...
View ArticleBy the way, it’s still a tight race. Do not let up. [updated]
Suffolk has Patrick up 7. State House News has Patrick up 3. Rasmussen has Patrick up 2. UPDATE: And Western New England College has Patrick up 5. The message really couldn’t be much clearer....
View ArticleWondering how to help GOTV? All your questions answered.
Here’s what I said yesterday in a post about the latest polls: Patrick is ahead and should win – he has been ahead in every single independent poll published in this cycle. But turnout is everything....
View ArticleWhat has Deval Patrick done?
First of all, after several governors in a row who paid too little attention to the details of state government and its budget, and legislation in the state house, Deval Patrick was a huge change just...
View ArticleOur Vision vs. Charlie Baker’s Vision
Friends, Let's remember what is at stake. For the last month, Charlie Baker has rooted for our state's failure. He believes that for his campaign to succeed, our Commonwealth has to fail. But the...
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BMG NEWSBREAK: BMG CALLS GOVERNOR’S RACE FOR DEVAL PATRICK, TIM MURRAY
BMG News has declared Deval Patrick and Tim Murray the winners of the race for Massachusetts Governor! Boston.com shows that, with 5% of the vote in, Patrick holds a commanding 52% of the vote, to 39%...
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John Walsh explains the grassroots strategy
I had a minute to chat with John Walsh, and asked him a question similar to the one I asked Sydney: what was the same about GOTV this time around, what was different, and how did it go? Here’s what he...
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BMG NEWSBREAK: BMG CALLS CLEAN SWEEP FOR DEMOCRATS IN MASSACHUSETTS
BMG News has called every statewide and congressional race in Massachusetts for the Democrats. Based on the results as of now, BMG’s statisticians have concluded that at this point, there is very...
View ArticleIt started here. And tonight, it ended here.
Back in January, Scott Brown rocked the political world in Massachusetts and around the country by winning the Senate seat held for decades by Ted Kennedy. There’s no doubt that Brown’s victory...
View ArticleRandom morning-after thoughts: polling works; Herald’s funny editorials;...
In no particular order: Polling works. It worked in 2006, and it worked this time too. Yes, there was some variation. Rasmussen, in particular, came out looking pretty bad in Massachusetts, as did...
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MA Republican whining begins in earnest
Baker said he would have had to run a perfect race “in an ideal political environment” and that, by pulling 8 percent of the vote Tuesday, Cahill “made our already narrow window that much narrower.” Ah...
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John Walsh: grassroots superhero
Don’t miss the excellent article in today’s Globe about Mass. Dems chair and grassroots superhero John Walsh. There are many impressive things about how John turned disaster in January into triumph in...
View ArticleDeval 2.0 re-ups governing from the grassroots
Today’s Globe has an interesting interview with Governor Patrick – the whole thing is worth reading. Of particular interest to BMGers, I thought, is this bit: [In 2007, legislative leaders] didn’t...
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Sorry Charlie, it wasn’t Tim’s fault
MassINC’s post-election poll (PDF) seems to have put the nail in the coffin of the tired idea (still pushed by Howie Carr & Co.) that Charlie Baker would be Governor-elect today, if it weren’t for...
View ArticleMore on Deval 2.0 and grassroots governing
A couple of days ago, Patrick advisor Doug Rubin, Baker advisor Rob Gray, and political reporters Frank Phillips and Joe Battenfeld did an hour-long panel discussion about the just-concluded campaign....
View ArticleHelping to fix our infrastructure problems: my Globe op-ed
Dear BMG’ers, I hope you’ll take a few minutes to read my op-ed that appears in today’s Boston Globe. It highlights our infrastructure and transportation crisis and offers an approach that will not...
View ArticleMA-Gov: Video from Dan Wolf’s breakfast event in Lowell, 7-13-2013
I had the honor of representing Milford at yesterday’s Massachusetts State Democratic Party Convention in Lowell. I got there about 8:10 AM because I wanted to attend the breakfast event being put on...
View ArticleLet’s end child poverty
We are a wealthy state in a wealthy nation, and yet one out of every seven people in Massachusetts lives in poverty. And even that doesn’t tell the true story. The number is 29% among African...
View ArticleDon Berwick’s appearance on my local access TV show, “All Politics Is Local”
I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Don Berwick for an hour-long episode of my local access cable TV show, “All Politics Is Local”. We managed to cover every bullet item found under the issues...
View ArticleMoney in Politics – Grassroots Org Urges Commonwealth to Lead the Nation
Press Release May 12, 2016 – For Immediate Release – PassMassAmendment press contacts: Gina Sonder & Nick Bokron, pasmassamendmentpsa at gmail dot com; 781-715-7822 A grassroots group...
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JALSA Leadership Transition Indicates Next Chapter in Jewish Social Justice...
BOSTON, July 10, 2017- Sheila Decter, Founder and Executive Director of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action (JALSA), and a tireless advocate for social and economic justice, civil rights and...
View ArticleBen Downing Running for Governor
Editors note: Please take a few moments to read this excellent profile of Downing in the Berkshire Eagle. Definitely worth your time. I added the video below to this post. – CB Ben Downing is running...
View ArticleWill Beacon Hill become Downing Street?
As noted below, former State Senator Ben Downing is running for Governor. I think I saw this coming, and I’m pretty pleased that he’s taking the plunge. I hope other rank-and-file Democrats can allow...
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