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Apparently, nobody in the Globe newsroom remembers Michael Connolly
By adamg on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 12:44pm
The Globe today profiles Tom Conroy, a Wayland state rep who is walking across the state in his bid to run against Scott Brown next year:
The three-term state representative from Wayland is believed to be the first candidate in the state to walk its entirety seeking votes, drawing inspiration from Lawton Chiles, a legendary Florida politician who traversed his state 41 years ago in a similar underdog campaign that vaulted him from the state Senate into the US Senate.
Tsk. In 1978, Michael Connolly, then a Roslindale state rep, walked across the state in his successful run for secretary of state. It's in the Globe archives (articles on Aug. 24 and Sept. 14 of that year; yeah, I looked it up). And it was actually Connolly's second walk from Bay to Berkshires - he'd done it the year before, to collect signatures for a term-limit ballot question.
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One of My Pet Peeves
The forgotten social and political history of Boston. It is taken advantage of all the time. Not too long ago I heard one Beacon Hill activist tell young Dem activists from the suburban wilds of the mid-west that The Vault was a benevolent group that did wonderful things for all of Boston. "Don't ever say that in mixed company", I warned when I saw that they hadn't even heard of The Vault.
I doubt there's anyone left
I doubt there's anyone left working at the Globe who lived in Massachusetts in 1978. Not that it's an excuse, but there was a time when an editor would know things like that. The Globe also published an article a while back about the 'first black Boston City Council President,' when the person was actually the second African-American to hold that office. The font-of-all-knowledge people in the newsrooms are a thing of the past. Now, journalism is done by clerks.
Truth doesn't matter when a candidate shares Globe's goals
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) is the Globe's worst nightmare. Remember the fake Globe poll on election eve that had Coakley up 15 points, LOL? Of course the Globe is going to pretend that any and all of Brown's opponents have "original" ideas, even if the original idea (campaigning statewide on foot) was first done some three decades ago. When it comes to Brown's opponents, their boasts are "too good to check", at least on Morrissey Boulevard.
Brown is actually a mediocre candidate
But that's a better choice then a poor candidate. Residents of the commonwealth are also pretty opinionated and don't take kindly to the globe and the party chairs on beacon hill and the mayors office telling them who've they anointed to the seat and who we should vote for.
Also doesn't help when the nominee is missing from the campaign trail and seems to have no idea what the job entailed and how to represent constituents, vs serve them subpoenas.
If they get a good Dem to run, he'd wipe the floor with Brown.
And with the destructive glee the teahadists are throwing around in congress, the backlash (think WI) might create another wave making it all that much easier.
did the paper run a
did the paper run a correction?