I'm giddy with excitement about tomorrow's Boston elections. Seriously. It's kind of embarrassing, but I feel like a kid anticipating Christmas.
With that confession out of the way, here are a few pre-election questions I've been pondering. Ten, to be precise:
1. Will Patrick Keaney, Felix Arroyo's campaign manager, rue his
cocky statement that anything less than a first-place finish is a failure?
2. Will Arroyo
regret endorsing
Sam Yoon--especially if he doesn't top the ticket?
3. Why does Mayor Tom Menino have so much
contempt for the electorate? And why don't voters care? (Scroll down to the part where Globe correspondent Michael Levenson asks Menino to discuss his ideas for keeping the middle class in Boston.)
4. What if someone with
Maura Hennigan's heart and
Paul Grogan's resume had challenged Menino this year?
5. When's
John Tobin going to learn Spanish? (Note to John: this is not a joke.)
6. If Yoon wins an at-large job, how quickly will he stop invoking "Team Unity"? (Note to Sam: the sooner, the better.)
7. If
Patricia White loses, does she run again? What about
Matt O'Malley?
8. Win or lose, can Steve Murphy top his
post-election screed from 2003?
9. How many votes will
Bill Clinton's robo-call actually get Menino? How about
SEIU's get-out-the-vote push?
10. What unfortunate reporter will Jim Hennigan corner on Election Night?
Feel free to weigh in, all you anonymous readers out there.