Is this the best both parties can do?
Former Senator Scott Brown was NOT Senate material.....and Massachusetts voters made a mistake and sent him to Washington. Massachusetts Voters rectified that mistake. Who believes voters will re-visit that mistake? Senator Brown pretended he was an 'independent' candidate who voted in lock-step with Republicans and was mostly lack-luster.
Charlie Baker LOST his gubernatorial race.....for good reason based on ISSUES.
When Massachusetts Republicans whine about losing candidates, maybe they should re-think.
And Martha Coakley? Paleeeze!
Top GOP gov prospects lag Dems in handy cash
Friday, August 9, 2013
By: Erin Smith
Republican powerhouses Scott Brown and Charlie Baker — who are both mulling a run for governor — have almost nothing in the campaign war chests and are lagging way behind several Democrats vying for the Corner Office, records show.
Brown, who told the Herald on Wednesday he will make his decision by the end of summer, had only about $8,000 in his state coffers at the end of June, according to the Office of Campaign and Political Finance.
The former U.S. senator had $182,543 cash on hand in his federal political action committee as of June, but those funds can’t be used in a state election.
Baker, a former Harvard Pilgrim Health Care CEO, had about $29,000 in his state campaign account as of the end of May, reports show.
State Treasurer Steven Grossman leads the pack of Democratic hopefuls with more than $597,000 in the bank — including $47,400 in new donations in the second half of July alone, according to records.
Former Obama administration official Donald Berwick has raised about $263,000, while Attorney General Martha Coakley, who is considering a run, has more than $278,000 in her war chest, records show.
State Sen. and Cape Air founder Dan Wolf — who is contesting a State Ethics Commission ruling that his airline’s Massport contracts are a conflict of interest and should bar him from elective office — had about $23,000 in his campaign account at the end of June with $25,000 in outstanding liabilities from personal loans, records show.
Health care executive Joseph Avellone reported nearly $39,000, while Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, a potential candidate, had $139,500 in his coffers at of the end of 2012 but more than $101,000 in outstanding liabilities.
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Coy boy Brown says “there’s nothing wrong with a (GOP) primary” against Baker
MEN OF MYSTERY: GOP power players Scott Brown (L) and Charlie Baker (R), are keeping voters guessing about a possible run for governor.
Brown's will-he-or-won't-he moment is either the same coy move he made before declining to run for Senate this year, or the beginning of a massive GOP split
Brown & Baker:
GOP's men of mystery
Pols predict fight for the Republican nomination for Governor in 2014
Former Senator Scott Brown says there's nothing wrong with having a Republican primary for governor.
With 2010 nominee Charlie Baker rumored to announce his intention to run soon, Brown's will-he-or-won't-he moment is either the same coy move he made before declining to run for Senate this year, or the beginning of a massive sundering within the top echelons of the Republican Party.
One or the other, got to be.
Molested as a boy at a Cape camp?
We hope that Mr. Baker's handlers investigate Scott Brown's very questionable announcement that he was molested as a young boy at a Cape Cod summer camp.
I will leave it to journalists to question the authenticity of Scott Brown’s timely proclamation, and whether his coming forward was anything more than a ‘pathetic plea for publicity.’
To be clear, Scott Brown did not run to authorities to unmask an alleged sexual predator. Instead he and his handlers ran to Harper Collins in a political re-branding effort and a "60 Minutes" interview.
Read "Molested in Massachusetts - Part 1"
here.
Read Matt Stout in
The Boston Herald.
