Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Just got back from Kerry Healey's campaign kickoff, and I have to say, it was a very effective bit of political theater.
I'll have the full text up later this afternoon. Until then, some highlights:
- Ron Bersani--whose granddaughter Melanie Powell was killed by a
drunk driver, and later gave her name to the anti-drunk-driving
legislation known as Melanie's Bill--introduced Healey after praising
her to the skies. To state the obvious, the Legislature's mishandling
of this issue was a real boon for Healey.
- John Bell, the mayor of Gloucester and a Democrat, spoke just
before Bersani. My prediction: he'll be the first in a long line of
Democratic municipal leaders to publicly back Healey.
- Healey pressed all the right buttons in her speech. She
explicitly warned that that the Democrats will run amok if they control
the governor's office as well as the House and Senate. She took credit
for derailing legislation that would have allowed the kids of illegal
immigrants to pay in-state tuition at state schools. She called for the
income tax to be cut to 5 percent, per the Massachusetts electorate's
instructions. And best of all, she played up her humble roots in a
highly convincing manner.
I've always thought that Healey tends to get short shrift, and her
announcement today only reinforced that conviction. (Sco of .08 Acres offers his more skeptical take on the LG here.) Lefties love to poke fun at Healey, and she's provided plenty of fodder. But whichever Democrat
lands the nomination needs to take her seriously.
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