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  • September 19, 2006
    Gov's race: videos for the losers
    By Adam Reilly
    If you're like me, you can only read so many firsthand reports from polling places before you get a bit bored. So let's try something different, shall we?

    Obviously, two of the three Democratic candidates for governor are done after today. Now, here in America we love to create video montages--slo-mo highlights of some just-concluded experience, set to some kind of sad/inspirational music.

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  • September 18, 2006
    Breaking: Ed King dies
    By Adam Reilly
    The former Mass. governor was 82.

    Here's the Globe obit.
  • September 18, 2006
    New poll: Patrick leads, but it's close
    By Adam Reilly
    Here are the big numbers from the yet-to-be-released Channel 7/Suffolk U. Poll:

    Patrick 37 percent
    Gabrieli 29 percent
    Reilly 21 percent
    Undecided 13 percent
    Margin of error: 4 percent

    Quite a difference between those findings and what the Globe had to say this weekend.
  • September 15, 2006
    Reilly: Detroit, my ass!
    By Adam Reilly
    Something about the most recent Tom Reilly press release made me laugh out loud--not at Reilly, or at Chris Gabrieli, but just at the prevailing wacky mood heading into the last weekend before the Democratic governor's primary.

    Aw, who am I kidding--of course I was laughing at Reilly!

    Anyway, the best/worst part of the release follows.

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  • September 15, 2006
    Their man Mitt
    By Adam Reilly
    Breaking news: a meta-Mitt Romney for President web site is in the works!!!

    Also, this visual (which accompanied the story in question, but sans credit) suggests a possible catch-phrase for Romney supporters. Not sure how I feel about it. Anybody else?
  • September 14, 2006
    Game theory
    By Adam Reilly
    Let's think through the possible consequences of this new anti-Gabrieli attack ad, shall we?

    Scenario 1: Democrats uncritically accept the picture of Gabrieli painted by Republican Kerry Healey, decide he's just out to make a quick buck, and decide not to vote for him on September 19.

    Scenario 2: Democrats generally ignore Healey's ad when they vote next week.

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  • September 14, 2006
    Healey = kingmaker?
    By Adam Reilly
    The LG's campaign has a new TV spot intimating that Chris Gabrieli supports stem-cell research because it'll make him a whole bunch of cash. (Thanks to WRKO's John DePetro for running audio of the ad on his show this morning.)

    This certainly suggests that Healey sees Gabrieli as the biggest threat in the general, and is trying to ensure that either Deval Patrick or Tom Reilly wins Tuesday's primary.

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  • September 14, 2006
    Requiem for Tom / debate wrap
    By Adam Reilly
    Most poignant moment of the debate, and maybe even the campaign: "Getting things* done is what I do," ex-frontrunner Tom Reilly says in his closing statement. "This is a time for tested and proven leadership." Subsequently, he twitches nervously, his voice breaks, and his hand shakes.

    My quick take on this evening's proceedings: Reilly did well enough to stay in the game, and Gabrieli was good but couldn't knock Patrick down (metaphorically/forensically) despite plenty of attempts.

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  • September 13, 2006
    Patrick's big mistake
    By Adam Reilly
    Deval Patrick really, really, really shouldn't have asked Tom Reilly and Chris Gabrieli to think out loud about how (allegedly) nasty they've been to him over the last few days. He came out of that exchange looking like a delicate prima donna.

    Allow me to say something nice about Tom Reilly: the heart of his reply--"What do you think is going to happen when the Republicans have a shot at you? This is tame.

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  • September 13, 2006
    Kelleher speaks, baffles
    By Adam Reilly
    The South End News has a hefty new interview with John Kelleher, the third challenger to incumbent Dianne Wilkerson in this crazy write-in melee over in the Second Suffolk.

    Among the more interesting revelations: Kelleher doesn't know what the B.U. Biolab is.

    Weird shit.
  • September 13, 2006
    Chafee, kept
    By Adam Reilly
    If you read my treatment of the Chafee-Laffey battle in this week's Phoenix, you probably guessed that I thought Laffey would win. He struck me as a sort of inexorable political force who would simply will his way to victory.

    I was wrong, obviously: yesterday, America's most moderate Republican beat his conservative challenger by a surprisingly wide 8-percent margin in Rhode Island's GOP US Senate primary.

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  • September 12, 2006
    Why polls aren't trustworthy
    By Adam Reilly
    From the September 13, 1990 Boston Globe--i.e., five days before that year's Democratic gubernatorial primary:

    Former Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti leads Boston University president-on-leave John R. Silber 54 percent to 31 percent in the race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, according to a Boston Globe/WBZ-TV poll conducted last night.

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  • September 12, 2006
    Patrick pulling away?
    By Adam Reilly
    So suggests a new CBS4 Boston poll, which puts Patrick at 45 percent among likely Democratic primary voters, Gabrieli at 29, and Reilly dropping sharply to 21. "This is the first time there has been a clear front-runner in Democratic gubernatorial race," says the CBS4 write-up.

    You can read all about it here.
  • September 11, 2006
    Herald endorses Reilly
    By Adam Reilly
    Pipin' hot!

    No surprise here, since the only people in MA who thought Reilly did well in last week's debate were Herald columnists Howie Carr and Ginny Buckingham. Still, this strikes me as a valuable and desperately needed pick-up for the AG.

    As you read, take the stuff about the 9/11/01 Massachusetts election with a big grain of salt--the good people of Blue Mass.

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  • September 10, 2006
    Wanted: one new Reilly backer
    By Adam Reilly
    Here's my question: is there anybody out there who watched Thursday's debate and went from being undecided in the race for the Democratic gov's nomination--or supporting Chris Gabrieli or Deval Patrick--to backing Tom Reilly?

    If you're out there, that should be noted. If not, that should be, too.
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