There's such a thing as too much Andrea Cabral, and
this is it.
Today, the
Globe takes a look at at-large candidate Matt O'Malley as part of its ongoing series of city-council-candidate profiles. The piece's main storyline is that O'Malley has grown up since his inaugural campagin two years ago. Not great PR, but not bad.
On the other hand, the secondary storyline--that O'Malley, who ran Cabral's Suffolk County Sheriff campaign last year, is leaning heavily on the sheriff in his current run--works to his detriment. A few paragraphs near the end are especially damning:
"Standing next to Cabral at the Green Street T station last week, O'Malley watched as she worked the crowd. Dozens of passengers, some toting briefcases, others bearing backpacks and iPods, stopped to talk with the sheriff.
''Good morning, how are you? That's Matt," the sheriff said over and over, smiling broadly, and gesturing toward O'Malley. ''Please consider Matt for City Council."
Still, many blew past O'Malley, but he took it in stride...."
To make matters worse, the accompanying photo puts Cabral in the foreground. Here's some unsolicited advice, Matt: You're the candidate. The sheriff isn't.