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  • July 31, 2006
    Tar baby, indeed
    By Adam Reilly
    If you've watched Mitt Romney for years--and that description probably fits anyone who reads this blog--you know the Iowa Tar Baby Debacle is just the latest in a long line of dubious mistakes.

    New today on ThePhoenix.com, I offer my two cents on the ITBD and rehash Mitt's other dumb gaffes.
  • July 27, 2006
    Amorello praised, quits
    By Adam Reilly
    Check out the email press release the Mass Pike Authority sent out about Matt Amorello's announcement this morning. And read closely!

    -------

    Advisory:

    Please join breathtaking Massachusetts Turnpike Authority Chairman Matthew J. Amorello for a statement regarding his future with the MTA.



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  • July 26, 2006
    Maura rides again
    By Adam Reilly
    New in this week's Phoenix: an assessment of the Suffolk criminal clerk's race, starring Maura Hennigan (who needs no introduction) and Robert Dello Russo (who probably does).
  • July 26, 2006
    The Bonifaz Show, cont.
    By Adam Reilly
    Just tying up a few loose ends here:

    1. Since those "Where's Galvin" spots work fine for everybody else, my tortured analogy between the videos and John Bonifaz's campaign for secretary of state doesn't quite hold up. I apologize to John & Co.

    2. Thanks to everybody who weighed in yesterday responding to my initial post.

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  • July 25, 2006
    What ails Bonifaz?
    By Adam Reilly

    About John Bonifaz's "Where's Galvin?" spots: are they crippled by some kind of fatal technological flaw, or what? I've tried watching on a few occasions, and whatever parameters I try--Firefox + Quicktime, Explorer + Windows Media, etc.--the video never actually rolls.

    Maybe my own technological ineptitude is to blame.

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  • July 20, 2006
    Goodridges split
    By Adam Reilly
    The plaintiffs in the Massachusetts SJC's landmark gay-marriage case are no longer a couple, according to Bay Windows.

    As Neil Sedaka noted, this kind of thing is hard to do, period. What sucks for Julie and Hillary Goodridge, obviously, is that their separation will almost certainly become talk-radio fodder.
  • July 20, 2006
    Utah governor: I'm with McCain
    By Adam Reilly
    Tough break, Mitt. But look on the bright side--this should quiet any speculation that Mormons give you a private political army, or something.

    True, Romney still has the support of Jon Huntsman Sr., who's given his (Romney's) PAC a mess of cash. Then again, Huntsman Sr. backed Libby Dole in 2002. And Governor Jon Huntsman Jr.? He went with George W. Bush.
  • July 19, 2006
    Slippery Chris
    By Adam Reilly
    I’d missed Jim Braude’s July 17 interview with Chris Gabrieli until this afternoon. But now that I’ve watched it, I have to say: when talk turned to whether the Massachusetts Legislature should vote on the proposed amendment banning gay marriage, Gabrieli did not acquit himself well. In fact, he put on a veritable clinic in political shiftiness.

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  • July 19, 2006
    Romney's B/PB conflict
    By Adam Reilly
    [Guest blogging: David S. Bernstein]


    Mitt Romney has officially taken the reins of the investigation into the Big Dig tunnel collapse, which means he’s in charge of finally squeezing information and culpability out of the two companies that jointly ran the project as general contractors: Bechtel Group and Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas.

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  • July 19, 2006
    Bush get sensitive
    By Adam Reilly
    If you haven't already checked out 43's massage technique, please, take a look.

    The video alone is great, but I also dig that German-language title translates to "Bush: love-attack on Merkel!" Truly fantastic.
  • July 14, 2006
    Mountain avoids Muhammad
    By Adam Reilly
  • July 12, 2006
    Time for an update, Matt
    By Adam Reilly
    Let's say you go to the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority web site to figure out how to navigate the Big Dig, now that various tunnels are shut down following Melina Delvalle's tragic death. What does Turnpike chairman Matt Amorello have to say to you? Let's take a look:


    Matthew J. Amorello, Chairman"Summer is the season for family vacations and cookouts and the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority has all its resources ready to help you find a fun tourist destination and to get you there safely.

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  • July 11, 2006
    Gabrieli's tax cut plan
    By Adam Reilly
    That "new policy initiative" Chris Gabrieli was going to unveil this morning? Turns out it was a detailed plan to cut the income tax rate to 5 percent, per the voters' instructions.

    With Gabrieli looking to chip into Deval Patrick's big lead, this is a great issue. Patrick's opposition to income-tax cuts and focus on property-tax relief may have a solid intellectual foundation, but there's a big emotional problem there: Massachusetts voters said they wanted the 5 percent rate.

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  • July 10, 2006
    Patrick's race to lose
    By Adam Reilly
    This just in, from State House News Service:

    Deval Patrick has become the clear front runner for the Democratic nomination for governor, and Kerry Healey would lose to any of the three Democrats if the election were held today, according to the latest State House News Poll.

    The scientific phone survey of 410 Massachusetts adults was conducted June 28-30 and carries the following margins of error: plus or minus 4.

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  • July 06, 2006
    Patrick: Mitt right on Ruane, Turnpike
    By Adam Reilly
    This wasn't the Sister Souljah moment I had in mind, but it's a start. By siding with Mitt Romney in the Mike Ruane pension flap and the battle over who controls the Mass Turnpike Board, Deval Patrick is showing voters he wouldn't be a patsy for the Legislature if he's elected governor.

    Here are the relevant comments, made in an interview with Jim Braude that'll be broadcast on NECN tonight at 7:

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