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June 30, 2006

Happy Birthday to George
By Adam Reilly

President George W. Bush has a birthday coming up, and it's a biggie: he's about to turn sixty!

The Republican National Committee is soliciting messages for its e-card to the president. But since a fair number of Talking Politics readers might harbor sentiments that wouldn't make the cut, I'm offering this space as an alternate forum for sending birthday greetings to W.

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June 30, 2006

Romney to addicts: drop dead
By Adam Reilly

No surprise, this, but the governor just vetoed the legislature's syringe-legalization bill.

Expect a quick override.

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June 29, 2006

Immigration and the Dems
By Adam Reilly

In this week's Phoenix, I take a look at how illegal immigration is playing out in the governor's race. One of my conclusions: supporters of illegal/undocumented immigrants haven't done enough to convince the Democrats that disagreeing with Kerry Healey is politically smart.

Maybe that's about to change, though.

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June 29, 2006

Yoon, unhinged
By Adam Reilly

Sam Yoon had better check himself. Who does he think he is, protesting Boston's new budget by filling the city-council chambers with constituents? You're right, Steve Murphy--that's "grandstanding," pure and simple!

It gets worse, believe it or not. Not only is Yoon a first-term councilor, he's just 36 years old!!!

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June 28, 2006

Mitt on marriage: trust the masses
By Adam Reilly

Here, courtesy of the National Review Online, is our governor's explanation of why gay people's right to civil marriage here in Massachusetts should be subjected to a popular vote.

The irony here is that--as a member of the LDS Church--Romney should be keenly attuned to the tyrranical tendencies of the majority. After all, popular hostility (partly due to polygamy, but that's another story) forced the Mormons to flee New York, Ohio, Missouri and Illinois before they found a lasting home in Utah.

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June 28, 2006

Barros to City Hall
By Adam Reilly
Dana, that is. Boston Mayor Tom Menino just announced that he's hired the Boston native and former B.C. and Celtics star to head the city's recreation department.

My first reaction? Nice imaginative move by the mayor. But then I remembered this Globe story--which, in retrospect, raises some questions about Barros's competence and focus as he joins Menino's team.

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June 27, 2006

Chet for Congress?
By Adam Reilly
Not this year, obviously--but according to the good people of Blue Mass. Group, veteran newsman Chet Curtis may have a future in politics. And why not?

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June 26, 2006

Wilkerson wins one
By Adam Reilly

Dianne Wilkerson hasn't gotten much good news lately. But last week, she nabbed the endorsement of Boston's Ward 5 Democratic Committee by a 16-5 margin.

The outcome wasn't entirely bad for Sonia Chang-Diaz, Wilkerson's Democratic opponent: after all, as a neophyte running against an entrenched pol, she got the support of nearly 25 percent of the committee's members.

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June 23, 2006

Strange bedfellows
By Adam Reilly

This just in: Boston city councilor Steve Murphy has endorsed Deval Patrick for governor.

Will this help Patrick? Maybe a little, if it convinces some white centrist Democrats that he (Patrick) isn't just a lefty candidate. But I see it being most helpful to Murphy when he runs for re-election in 2007.

Here's the release the Patrick camp just put out:

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June 22, 2006

The ultimate hot-button issue?
By Adam Reilly

I missed Kerry Healey's anti-syringe legalization press conference because I was hanging around the governor's office, watching Ali Noorani & co. whack the governor for his proposal to turn state police into immigration watchdogs. But here, courtesy of a Healey press release, is a look at how the LG is framing the issue:

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June 21, 2006

State House, Thursday, 1 p.m.
By Adam Reilly

Be there or be square!

Up in the governor's office, we'll have people pissed about Mitt Romney's push to have state police crack down on illegal immigrants delivering a letter to the Barnstormin' Mormon himself.

Down on the front steps of the State House, meanwhile, it'll be LG/would-be G Kerry Healey holding a press conference "with concerned parents" to decry the Legislature's eminently sensible proposal to decriminalize needle possession.

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June 21, 2006

The Great Illegal-Immigrant Ruckus of '06
By Adam Reilly
So, Eileen McNamara thinks Tom Reilly is pandering on the illegal-immigration issue. (And yes, I use the term "illegal" knowing that some people think it's too pejorative. I'm not convinced.) I'm a big McNamara fan, but I wonder--if Tom Reilly is pandering, what about Chris Gabrieli?

Of course, figuring out if a politician's stances are sincere or expedient is an inexact science.

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June 16, 2006

He said it
By Adam Reilly

In light of today's Mihos yacht revelation, this video clip--from March's Mass Biotech gubernatorial forum--is worth watching. (Remember, Marie St. Fleur had just quit as Tom Reilly's running mate...)

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June 16, 2006

Paging Howie Carr!
By Adam Reilly

So, Howie... Will you be mentioning your buddy Christy Mihos's yacht contretemps on today's show? Or is the yacht humor reserved for John Kerry?

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June 15, 2006

About that Patrick email / vlog...
By Adam Reilly

A few observations:

1. Clever physical set-up. Putting Deval Patrick on the same level as the people working in his campaign office reinforces his We're-all-in-this-together message.

2. Did the Globe go overboard in calling this a "high-tech offensive"? The Patrick campaign sent out an email, and that email linked to a video.

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