Thousands without power after fire in Boston: An electrical transformer fire in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood left tens of thousands in the dark Tuesday night, knocking out power to more than 20,000 homes and businesses and leading to scenes like the one above. Roughly 13,000 remain without power as officials try to get things back to normal again. (Photo by Joanne Rathe/The Boston Globe)
Mitt about to speak now: He’s having a good night thus far, but it’d be a better one if he won Ohio.
The OWS roadshow came to my hometown of Northampton. The NYTimes covered their visit. Still unfocused. I stand by my original criticisms that OWS needs 1) a spokesperson and 2) run candidates for office.
There’s a debate to be had about all this. OWS has essentially been trying to do wide-scale “anti-PR” for months, which makes sense considering it was spearheaded by an organization (Adbusters) that actively scorns a traditional approach to advertising and PR. My own opinion is that you can’t just assume taking an adversarial approach to traditional PR is a smart PR move on its own. But on the other hand, they’ve done anti-PR just long enough at this point that they can say it’s won them some success, possibly enough to feel that they don’t need to go with Plan B. But in case they change their minds, Jesse LaGreca certainly seems like a good choice. — Ernie @ SFB
I was the governor of a state that had a slightly Democratic-leaning House.Mitt Romney • Understating his strongly-Democratic legislature while he was governor.
We agree entirely with Governor Romney and Massachusetts legislators that our goal should be 100 percent insurance coverage for all Americans.Newt Gingrich • Speaking in support of then Gov. Mitt Romney’s Massachusetts health insurance plan back in 2006, on a site long hidden in the annals of the Internet — well, until now. Archive.org is your friend, guys. source (via • follow)
I thought, 2008, that’s it, that is the watershed moment,” Warren says. “We put sensible people in the House, in the Senate and in the White House.” But even with the new leadership, Warren said, “the people who broke the market doubled down on the failed policies. This was not supposed to happen. But it did happen.Massachusetts Senatorial candidate, Elizabeth Warren, discussing “the dissonance of what happened when the last change-peddlers hit Washington,” in a great New York Times Magazine profile. (via joshsternberg)
While Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren obviously deserves much kudos from folks on the left for her bold stands on issues — which, unlike many Democratic politicians, aren’t afraid to show teeth — think the New York Times is overselling this with the headline “Heaven Is a Place Called Elizabeth Warren”? Sure, she could be an awesome member of the Senate, and might have aspirations beyond that, even. But before we get so far as to nickname her “Heaven”, let’s get a little closer to the election.
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Under state law, a public employee may not provide services to a candidate or campaign during his or her work hours. Nonetheless, it is evident that your office has become an opposition research arm of the Obama reelection campaign.Mitt Romney’s campaign manager, Matt Rhoades • Offering a bit of a rip with a FOIA request sent to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s office, in response to a story released earlier today that claims that the former Massachusetts governor’s staff deleted e-mails before Romney left office. The key phrase in that statement above? “Opposition research arm.” Someone, please, make a T-shirt with that phrase on it. source (via • follow)
Romney staff facing heat over deleted e-mails: “The governor’s office has found no e-mails from 2002-2006 in our possession,” says Mark Reilly, current governor Deval Patrick’s chief legal counsel. What say you? Is the fact that Romney’s gubernatorial staff actively flew in the face of transparency a big deal?
It has a lot to do with Romney. He is rising as more and more Republicans come to the conclusion that the Republican Party has found its Michael Dukakis, a technocratic Massachusetts governor running on competence, not ideology.George Will • Discussing the rise of Herman Cain on ABC’s “This Week,” and in the process dropping a welt-producing comment about Mitt Romney — a comparison to Michael Dukakis, perhaps the weakest presidential candidate in the past 25 years. Expect this line to crop up again during the campaign, because it’s not a flattering comparison, especially coming from the guy who doesn’t like blue jeans. source (via • follow)
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