Tim Cahill
Two indicted over Cahill fundraising
By adamg - 9/19/11 - 3:05 pmTreasurer Tim's former chief of staff and the former state probation commissioner were indicted today on charges they organized a campaign fundraiser for Cahill in 2005 in return for a job at the Massachusetts State Lottery for the commissioner’s wife, state Attorney General Martha Coakley announced.
Scott Campbell, 40, Cahill's chief of staff, was also charged with concealing the identity of donors to Cahill's failed gubernatorial bid last year. Campbell and ex-probation head John O'Brien were also charged with soliciting funds for the Cahill campaign despite a state law that prohbits unelected state employees from doing so.
Innocent, etc.
Campaign roundup: The mystery of the state's unemployment numbers
By adamg - 10/22/10 - 6:20 amLook for the Dems to crow that the state's unemployment rate is down and the Republicans to thunder about how the number of jobless increased. The Globe attempts to explain how that could happen; the Herald gleefully predicts the crushing job-loss news will crush Deval Patrick's chances.
Campaign roundup: Baker supporter explains why Baker is doomed
By adamg - 10/15/10 - 5:29 amSam Obar is not happy with his man's camapaign:
We are now less than three weeks away, and I know for a fact many people, including many I have spoken to, still have no idea who Baker is. He has not gotten his message out to voters, he has not highlighted his record at Harvard Pilgrim, and he has not promptly and properly responded to accusations against him about his work on the Big Dig. He has also done a shoddy job indeed of utilizing the media to reach out to voters.
Tom Reilly knows how to hold a grudge.
Oh, noes, how will Massachusetts residents learn we have the best lottery in the country?
I'm a liar? You're a liar! Brad Marston wonders how the head of the Back Bay Association can call him a liar when she gave as much as she could to incumbent Marty Walz two years ago.
Bielat wants Frank to release an ethics report on his trip to the Virgin Islands.
Scott Brown likes all the Republicans running for Congress, even un-birther Hudak.
Campaign roundup: Tim Cahill remains in toaster set to extra dark; Back Bay group calls Marston a liar
By adamg - 10/14/10 - 7:11 amThe Globe reports why Tim Cahill may have wanted to block publication of those e-mails (he failed):
Politically explosive e-mails released yesterday by former aides to state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill appear to show Cahill's top campaign advisers trying to make sure that a million-dollar, taxpayer-funded ad blitz for the state lottery also benefited Cahill's independent gubernatorial bid.
The treasurer and the e-mails
By adamg - 10/7/10 - 5:32 pmTreasurer Tim got a temporary restraining order today, barring some former aides from doing anything with e-mail they allegedly have.
He charges they conspired with Republicans to derail his campaign and says the e-mails have campaign details in them. Republicans charge the e-mails have evidence Cahill was illegally getting workers at the state treasury to do political work for his campaign.
Democrats should be charging for popcorn.
Tim Cahill's pop-up timer just activated
By adamg - 10/1/10 - 8:40 amSo get the fork ready. Associated Press reports the guy who'd been running for lieutenant governor with Treasurer Tim just quit the ticket and endorsed Charlie Baker.
Debate thoughts
By adamg - 9/21/10 - 7:08 pmWhat did you think?
My big takeaway was that Jill Stein seemed like an afterthought; she was the only one who didn't really get to enunciate what it was she stood for, besides not being one of the other three. Still not sure if that's because she wasn't able to do so or because she seemed to get a lot less opportunity to talk in the first half of the debate.
Charlie get angry
By adamg - 9/16/10 - 12:54 pmCharlie get mad.
Give me the biggest lecture I ever had.
I want a brave man, I want a cave man.
Charlie, show me that you care, really care for me.
Every time you debated me,
You let Timmy cut in constantly,
When he'd ask, you'd never speak.
Must you always be so meek?
Credit where credit is due. And kazoos!
Deadblogging the first gubernatorial debate
By adamg - 9/8/10 - 5:14 amJohn Carroll watched the debate so you didn't have to:
Glossary, Please
David Tuerck? Michael Widmer? The Pacheco Law? The Connector?
Are the candidates so out of touch they think the average voter knows what they're talking about when they just toss out those names?
Memo to gubernatorial hopefuls: You’re done with the insiders. It's real people you need to talk to now.
Richard Howe analyzes the debate. Contrarian David Bernstein gives props to Tim Cahill.
Globe: Patrick, Baker take their shots and Cahill often pushed to the sidelines.
Herald: Charlie Baker, Deval Patrick trade blows.
If you missed the first gubernatorial debate
By adamg - 9/7/10 - 7:53 pmChannel 4 has posted the video.
