Scot + Tom 4-ever!

Published Mar 31 2006, 12:01 PM by Adam Reilly

Okay--what's the deal here? Globe columnist (and Phoenix alum) Scot Lehigh usually treats political matters with admirable cynicism. But when it comes to Tom Reilly, he gets all gushy. The latest example: today's piece on Reilly releasing his income-tax returns and urging the other candidates for governor to do the same.

I'd like to see the returns myself, actually. But Lehigh's exploration of the issue is weirdly uncritical. He doesn't ask, for example, if there's anything problematic about Reilly working to turn socioeconomic class into a campaign issue. In fact, Lehigh actually makes himself complicit in Reilly's effort by lauding the AG for living in the same Watertown apartment he's rented since 1990:

"'We are happy here,' [Reilly] says. "I don't need any more than this."

That's Tom Reilly: a lone stoic in the gubernatorial field.

WTF???

Along with "The Boy from Springfield," Lehigh's January hymn to the AG's humble roots, this one should be listed as an in-kind contribution on Reilly's OCPF filings.

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Ernie Boch, III said:

Scott Lehigh has a history of hyperbolic opinions based on small amount of facts. He then writes a column picking from the small amount of facts to support his usual over the top opinion.

Like Reilly being the "lone stoic."

Maybe we should have a Lehigh watch. No time for me to go back and research all his columns but...

we can go forward.

March 31, 2006 2:30 PM
Media Watch said:

Scot is the Prime Minister of Moderation for the Democratic Party. He loves charter schools, hates unions and can't stand it when the grassroots lift up a candidate like Deval Patrick. So his buddy Frank Phillips writes the alleged news stories and Scot follows it up with his incisive analysis.

Truth is, Dems haven't won with murky middle of the roaders like Harshbarger and O'Brien, why would they win with Reilly (Tom, not Adam)

March 31, 2006 4:53 PM

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