Remember how Romney criticized Kerry for not being in the Senate while he was out campaigning for President in 2004. Well, lookie here at Mitten's upcoming travel schedule. And for someone who is supposedly running for Governor, we are seeing suprisingly little of Lt. Gov. Kerry 'Barbie' Healey.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachus...s_travel_plans/

Thanks, Rox, I assume that as time goes by this will increase more so. I do remember his criticisms of Kerry.

Thursday, February 16, 2006
MA-Gov: Reilly and Patrick Tied
Posted by DavidNYC
From UMass Lowell (likely voters, Sept. in parens):


Patrick: 40 (18)
Reilly: 40 (49)
Undecided: 20
(MoE: ±5%)

Lotta movement for Patrick over the past half-year. But can you believe that Mass. hasn't had a Dem governor since - wait for it - Michael Dukakis? I sure as hell hope that changes this year, but unfortunately, this poll also shows a much tighter general election race - much tighter than other polls, that is.


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Monday, November 28, 2005
MA-Gov: Healy ® Looking Weak
Posted by DavidNYC
Mitt Romney is running for president. He's not running for re-election as governor of Massachusetts. Everyone seems to agree on that.

Here's something you probably didn't realize - or at least, haven't contemplated for a long while: Massachusetts has not had a Democratic governor since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991. Hard to believe for a state where both senators and ten of ten congressmen are Democrats.

But a new poll puts wind in the sails for long-suffer Massachusetts Dems. Romney's likely successor, Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey, is getting badly beaten by all comers (registered voters, mid-Sept. in parens):

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Reilly: 56 (49)
Healey: 25 (28)

Galvin: 49 (43)
Healey: 28 (32)

Patrick: 44 (31)
Healey: 36 (32)
(MoE: ±5.1%)

The Dems are Mass AG Tom Reilly; Mass Secretary of the Commonwealth (aka Secretary of State) Bill Galvin; and Deval Patrick, former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights under Clinton. And just also be aware of the fairly high margin of error.

Healey's approval is 32-33, with 37% saying they don't know who she is. Unfortunately, State House did not ask for approval ratings (or plain name reco) for the Dems, but I'm gonna guess that they aren't any higher than Healey's - if anything, they may be lower (especially Patrick's). You can't get cocky here, of course - I though Bob Reich would beat Romney three years ago, simply because of how Democratic the state is. But at least in the early going, Mass Dems might have a legit chance to retake a statehouse that has been out of our grasp for almost fifteen years.

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Healey Loos to lose against anybody and everybody ....

Yeah, Healey is a really weak candidate. Since he's already won statewide office before, and he's well-regarded as the AG, Reilly should have been a shoe-in for this. But he screwed up early on by naming a running mate who turned out to be a tax delinquent, and who subsequently dropped out of the Lt. Gov. race. I'd be fine with either Reilly or Patrick as Gov. My politics are more in line with Patrick. But people worry about him having the committment to stay in the job through at least one full term. We've had several governors in a row who left office mid-stream to take another position. And people worry that, if a Dem gets elected president in 2008 (I hope, I hope... ), Patrick would be vying for a job in that administration. He previously worked in the Civil Rights Division in the Clinton Admin.