That's what some staffers in City Council were saying today. For those who didn't notice or care, Tom Reilly--boring old white guy--picked Marie St. Fleur--State Rep. from Dorchester and Massachusetts' first ever Haitian-American elected official--to be his running mate. It was a pretty obvious ploy to win some of the black vote from Deval Patrick and then some of the woman vote from Kerry Healey. I hope they do a joint rally soon, it will interesting to see St. Fleur's ideas and charisma clash with Reilly's... um... experience. (Maybe Deval should tap Dr. Sam to try and win some of TR's boring white guy vote?)

An interesting political side plot (well, it's pretty much the whole plot actually) is that St. Fleur had previously stated that she would support Deb Goldberg's run for Lieutenant Governor, and Tom Reilly had originally said he wouldn't pick a running mate and instead let the race play itself out.

The very act of picking a running mate is a bit odd, because in Massachusetts, Gov. and LG candidates don't run on a single ticket until the general election. Tom Reilly will only run with Marie St. Fleur if they both win their respective primaries. In other words, Deval supporters who like St. Fleur can vote for both if they want, despite St. Fleur's title as Reilly's "running mate".

This also means there are now five Democrats vying for the Lieutenant Governor nomination:

Marie St. Fleur
Deborah Goldberg
Sam Kelley
Tim Murray
Andrea Silbert