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  • January 31, 2008
    By David S. Bernstein
    Don Frederick of the LA Times notes that in last night's debate, Mitt Romney said:

    "One of the two great regrets I have in life is I didn't serve in the military. I'd love to have, but I don't believe that you have to have served in the military to be a great commander in chief or to be a great foreign policy expert."

    -- and never said what his other great regret is.

    Any guesses?

  • January 31, 2008
    By David S. Bernstein

    In this week's issue of the Boston Phoenix, I look at the money that came and went among Massachusetts' officeholders, and lobbyists, in Deval Patrick's first year in office. It's out tomorrow, and online now:

    Cash Carousel -- Many things changed this year on Beacon Hill, but not the power of the almighty dollar.

  • January 30, 2008
    By David S. Bernstein
    Boston Business Journal reports that Obama will spend big bucks to run a Boston-station ad during the Super Bowl. Obama and Clinton will both run local ads during the pre-game programming. Gee, think there might be a few eyeballs available?

    Potential problem: SB viewers have come to expect a lot from the commercials. Judging the ads is now a major part of the whole Super watching experience.

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  • January 30, 2008
    By David S. Bernstein
    Presidential primary day, February 5th, should be a banner day for potential '08 local-office candidates to get nominating signatures. Stand outside polling places with your clipboard, and you're guaranteed a steady stream of registered voters with at least some interest in the political process.

    Unfortunately, Secretary of State William Galvin will not be making nominating papers available until February 6th.

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  • January 30, 2008
    By David S. Bernstein

    In articles like this one 14 months ago (in which I mistakenly predicted that Rudy Giuliani would not run -- but really, what's been the difference?), I predicted in essence that Romney's path to victory, if there was one, was to solidify his role as the anti-McCain and then hope that the movement conservatives would move heaven and earth (and millions of dollars) to kill the Arizona Senator.

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  • January 29, 2008
    By David S. Bernstein
    Tom Menino has made the obligatory bet with NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg over the Super Bowl. But wait a sec -- neither team plays in either man's city.

    This mayors'/governors' sports bet thing has gotten totally out of hand -- the list of items this time is endless. (clam chowder, Boston Creme pies, etc. etc.)

    Menino is also, according to the press release, encouraging Bostonians to "show their support for the Patriots by wearing red, white, blue and silver starting Thursday."



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  • January 27, 2008
    By David S. Bernstein

    Is Ted Kennedy about to endorse Barack Obama? That's the rumor, being pushed particularly by Mark Halperin -- and there doesn't seem to be much denial from any involved parties.

    The endorsement would be fairly surprising and extremely significant, it seems to me. And, it would certainly add intrigue to the "Can Obama Take Massachusetts?" storyline I wrote about in the current issue of the Phoenix

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  • January 25, 2008
    By David S. Bernstein

    Check out the anger -- and lack of confidence revealed in this poll conducted for WBZ right after the announcement of the big settlement. Two-thirds disapprove of the settlement. Three-quarters think Big Dig contractors should be held criminally liable. Three-quarters think Bechtel Parsons Brinkerhoff should be banned from future state or federal contracts.

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  • January 25, 2008
    By David S. Bernstein

    The other candidates laid off of Romney tonight, and it really helped him -- he tends to do very poorly under attack. I tend to agree to an extent with Chuck Todd, who said after the debate on MSNBC that the candidates were restrained because this debate was their introduction to most Florida voters, unlike IA/NH/SC, where the candidates had campaigned so long the final debate was more like a closing argument.

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  • January 24, 2008
    By David S. Bernstein
    Dennis Kucinich is dropping out of the Presidential race, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

    Will he endorse, as Duncan Hunter did? And will anyone notice, unlike when Duncan Hunter did?

    My attitude about Kucinich running again this year was that after turning out to have been right four years earlier about the Iraq War, I couldn't begrudge him the right to hog the spotlight again -- but that I would object to him straggling on after the selection process gets serious, as he did last time around, shoving himself into the Kerry/Edwards contest.



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  • January 24, 2008
    By David S. Bernstein
    As I've previously said, my guess is that Mitt Romney had spent roughly $25 million of his own money -- over and above contributions -- by the end of the calendar year. You can probably add at least $5 million to that by now, especially as he's now up in force on Florida TV. Much more will be needed for a Super Tuesday ad campaign.



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  • January 24, 2008
    By David S. Bernstein
    In my article in the new issue of the Phoenix, about Barack Obama's chances of beating Hillary Clinton in the Massachusetts primary, I wrote that it appears that John Kerry is not putting much muscle, in state, behind his recent Obama endorsement. That was based on the observations of several sources.

    I am told that I got it wrong.

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  • January 23, 2008
    By David S. Bernstein
    In this week's Boston Phoenix -- out tomorrow, but online now -- I write about the upcoming Massachusetts Democratic primary, which is one of the biggest delegate prizes of Super Tuesday.

    Since I finished the story, Sal DiMasi took a public shot at Barack Obama, comparing him with Deval Patrick, on the experience issue.

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  • January 22, 2008
    By David S. Bernstein
    Just up on the Boston Phoenix web site, results of a California poll showing Mitt Romney gaining on John McCain, and Hillary Clinton maintaining a double-digit lead on Obama; poll results obtained exclusively by the Phoenix.

  • January 20, 2008
    By David S. Bernstein

    Rudy Giuliani, who led in the South Carolina polls as late as October, finished with a humiliating 2% there, and got just 4% in Nevada -- giving him four sub-5% performances out of five contests. (And probably five out of six -- Wyoming, where he got no delegates, doesn't seem to have released actual vote tallies that I can find anywhere.

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