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September 29, 2006

Romney's gay anxiety
By Adam Reilly
As far as social conservatives are concerned, one of Mitt Romney's big achievements has been keeping gay marriage confined to Massachusetts. So it's no wonder the Mittster--who, lest we forget, is unofficially running for president--is all atwitter about today's court ruling that Rhode Island gays and lesbians can tie the knot here

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September 29, 2006

Deval the insider?
By Adam Reilly
Interesting to note what kind of response the Globe's top-of-B1 story on Deval Patrick's private meeting with House Speaker Sal DiMasi and Senate Prez Robert Travaglini has generated out there in pro-Deval land--namely, nada. Nothing on Blue Mass. Group. Nothing on Mass Revolution. Nothing on the Deval Experience

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September 27, 2006

Amazing Grace
By Adam Reilly
Yes, the pun is lame--and yes, I'm exaggerating a bit. But Grace Ross, the Green-Rainbow candidate for governor, seems to be impressing people from every end of the political spectrum with her smarts and poise. (Her fashion sense is another story.) In this week's Phoenix, I take a look at Ross and what she brings to the race.

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September 27, 2006

Now THAT'S negative campaigning!
By Adam Reilly
Watch this, and be amazed:

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September 26, 2006

Hot off the presses: election analysis from MassINC!
By Adam Reilly
Robert David Sullivan is at it again, offering us a sophisticated, stat-filled analysis of how Deval Patrick and Kerry Healey stack up in the gubernatorial general election. You can read it here.

Sullivan's stuff always 1. dazzles me and 2. makes me feel kind of stupid, so I'll be tackling his latest opus when my mind feels good and nimble.

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September 26, 2006

Shonda's secret
By Adam Reilly
It was bad enough that Shonda Schilling--wife of Curt, who stars for the Red Sox, and gave George W. Bush a very public endorsement in the 2004 presidential race--was presented as an "average voter" in last night's Herald/Fox 25 debate. But get this:

Shonda isn't registered to vote in Massachusetts.

Yup. As Jim Braude and Margery Eagan noted a few minutes ago on WTKK (96.

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September 25, 2006

Christy's Big Dig blind spot
By Adam Reilly
Will the new heads-up-their-asses spot make Christy Mihos competitive in the governor's race? Maybe. But it's worth noting that Mihos has some obliviousness of his own when it comes to the Big Dig.

A few weeks back, during a conversation I had with Mihos about his relationship with ex-Big Dig chief Jim Kerasiotes--to whom Christy once bequeathed his mother's olive recipe--I asked Mihos to assess Kerasiotes's performance in that role.

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September 22, 2006

Breaking: Chang-Diaz asks for recount
By Adam Reilly
Looks like the drama in the Second Suffolk isn't over just yet. Here's the press release Sonia Chang-Diaz's campaign just put out.

Something to consider: will the fact that John Bonifaz is on Chang-Diaz's legal team make Bill Galvin--who crushed Bonifaz in Tuesday's Democratic secretary of state's primary--less likely to grant Chang-Diaz's request?

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September 22, 2006

Geno's hypocrisy
By Adam Reilly
As we all know by now, Democratic state rep Gene O'Flaherty--who claims to be a supporter of Deval Patrick, his party's newly minted nominee for governor--is loudly fretting that Patrick may be too liberal to beat Republican Kerry Healey.

Here's a nice ironic twist: a few years back, Geno sponsored House Bill 2292, which would allow illegal immigrants to obtain Massachusetts drivers' licenses.

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September 21, 2006

Democrats for Healey?
By Adam Reilly
Looks like Eugene O'Flaherty could be heading up the group, with Steve Baddour and Dan Conley doing their part as well.

The following comes to us via State House News Service; emphasis is mine. Be sure to check out the last two bolded grafs, where Flaherty (allegedly a Patrick backer) basically regurgitates a bunch of anti-Patrick talking points.

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September 21, 2006

Bonifaz rides again
By Adam Reilly
Added twist to the already freaky situation in the Second Suffolk election: recently failed secretary of state candidate John Bonifaz is on Sonia Chang-Diaz's legal team. Which at least raises the prospect of Bonifaz and Bill Galvin having some kind of awkward interaction sometime in the next day or two...

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September 21, 2006

From the mouths of idiots
By Adam Reilly
Maybe that's too harsh--Charlie Flannery of Taunton is probably a great guy with a fine brain for business. But Flannery's explanation of why he'll vote for Republican Kerry Healey in the general after supporting Tom Reilly in the Democratic primary is fuckin' stupid. From today's Taunton Gazette:

"I voted for Reilly, but now I am going with Healey, because I have heard that Patrick supports the idea of giving in-state tuition rates to children of illegal immigrants," said Charlie Flannery, owner of Flannery Real Estate in Taunton.

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September 21, 2006

Second Suffolk hand count starts today
By Adam Reilly
The festivities commence at 2 p.m. in Room 801 of Boston City Hall. And the public is free to watch!

Should be an interesting scene, to say the least.

NOTE: I'd initially labeled this a "recount," but it isn't; the big problem is that votes in eight precincts were never counted to begin with. My apologies.

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September 20, 2006

Hot new Phoenix content
By Adam Reilly
I take the pulse of Christy Mihos's campaign and offer my theory on what draws people to Deval Patrick.

As always, feel free to tell me I forgot something, totally missed the point, etc.

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September 20, 2006

Second Suffolk update--it's a mess
By Adam Reilly
The City of Boston just sent out the following press release on the Wilkerson-Chang-Diaz contest:
The City of Boston Election Department has asked the Secretary of the Commonwealth, William F. Galvin, to bring an appropriate lawsuit to insure that a complete vote count can be established in the Second Suffolk Senatorial District.

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