The Herald reports Republican Jack E. Robinson was outside Park Street last night, calling for the feds to pour enough money into the MBTA to eliminate fares and to spend $3 billion on a bullet train to Springfield.

Debates are the best ways for voters to get to know candidates for office — especially when those candidates have never served in a specific office before. Especially when they are not well-known to the electorate.

Blue Mass. Group interviews Steve Grossman, running for treasurer in next year's elections.

This video follows US Senate candidate Mike Capuano one recent Saturday, October 24 from his home in Somerville to campaign events in West Roxbury and Milford.

It's noon to 1:30 p.m. at BU. You can watch it live.

WBUR reports on KennedySeat.com, the anonymously penned (um, typed) Web site that's keeping tabs on the Senate race like nobody's business. Reporter Monica Brady-Myerov gets the writer to dish a few details about himself (he's 29 and worked on Beacon Hill) and reports the site has put the fear of God into at least some people working on campaigns:

... But [the anonymity] is also a concern, according to an aide on one of the Senate campaigns who doesn't want to be named for fear of crossing the influential Web site. ...

Which gets a total of 550 visitors a day, most of them, apparently, campaign insiders.

Michael McGee, a South Boston lawyer and neighborhood activist, says he'll be taking on incumbent state Rep. Brian Wallace for the Democratic nomination next fall in the 4th Suffolk district, which covers South Boston, Uphams Corner and Harbor Point. In a press release, he says:

My local activism has taught me that much can be accomplished if you are willing to roll up your sleeves and go to work. That is what I have been doing for our neighborhood for years as a volunteer--organizing neighbors, pressuring elected officials, planting trees, raising money, mentoring kids--all to make our neighborhood better for all of us. As your State Representative, I'll work just as hard as the advocate for our community.

McGee's Twitter feed
Wallace's Facebook page

McGee's complete statement:

Steve Garfield tweeted a question at the four Democratic candidates. Now to see if any answer.

PACs are evil, except they're not.

State House News Service reports.