Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Marie St. Fleur Gets Out
Let's run down Tom Reilly's week:
First:
Campaign leaks that Chris Gabrieli may be named TR's running mate, as the two have had many talks on the issue. Chris Gabrieli has lots and lots of money and is liked by nearly all Democrats in the state, so he would have been a pretty good choice. Just the leak, though, made the other Lieutenant Governor candidates quite mad, because Reilly had promised to let the race play itself out and not pick a running mate.
Next:
Out of the blue TR picks Marie St. Fleur (see a couple of posts down). One top of being an obvious grab at voters of color and women, this pushes the angry LG candidates over the edge. Especially furious was Tim Murray, the Worchester mayor had support from many mayors around the state, and by losing their support, one person quoted in the Globe said that TR had lost 20% of his supporters.
Now:
Marie St. Fleur withdraws from the race after the Globe exposes her tax evasion problems.
Conclusion:
Tom Reilly managed to throw the mayors of Massachusetts under the bus and didn't even get the transparent political benefit he was hoping for. Worse yet, TR claims that the decisions were made by he alone, so I guess he can't fire anyone. It's starting to look like the only person caucusing for Reilly on Saturday will be Tom Menino.
First:
Campaign leaks that Chris Gabrieli may be named TR's running mate, as the two have had many talks on the issue. Chris Gabrieli has lots and lots of money and is liked by nearly all Democrats in the state, so he would have been a pretty good choice. Just the leak, though, made the other Lieutenant Governor candidates quite mad, because Reilly had promised to let the race play itself out and not pick a running mate.
Next:
Out of the blue TR picks Marie St. Fleur (see a couple of posts down). One top of being an obvious grab at voters of color and women, this pushes the angry LG candidates over the edge. Especially furious was Tim Murray, the Worchester mayor had support from many mayors around the state, and by losing their support, one person quoted in the Globe said that TR had lost 20% of his supporters.
Now:
Marie St. Fleur withdraws from the race after the Globe exposes her tax evasion problems.
Conclusion:
Tom Reilly managed to throw the mayors of Massachusetts under the bus and didn't even get the transparent political benefit he was hoping for. Worse yet, TR claims that the decisions were made by he alone, so I guess he can't fire anyone. It's starting to look like the only person caucusing for Reilly on Saturday will be Tom Menino.
