Gabrieli: I'm on

He couched it with a couple disclaimers--i.e., they're still working on the official count, and there'll be some procedural challenges--but Chris Gabrieli just announced that he believes he has the 15 percent necessary to make the primary ballot.

Gabrieli's fist-pumping, high-fiving press conference also offered proof that politics is like junior high school: as the Gabrieli camp clustered for his announcement, Deval Patrick's supporters made a point of standing in the background and holding up their signs--which, I should note, are bigger than Gabrieli's--in an effort to mess up his photo op.