Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Massachusetts governor’s race – There was a time when I thought Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey had an excellent chance to be elected governor. After all, Mitt Romney is a popular (current) governor and a lot of people in the Bay State view the governor’s office as the only check against an overwhelmingly Democratic state house.

However, she’s run an awful campaign which is detailed in “Kerry Healey’s backfiring campaign ads”: “Like all political candidates, Healey is ultimately responsible for her own campaign. However, she must realize by now that the strategists around her are guilty of political malpractice. She adopted the wrong tone for this time in Bay State politics; and I doubt it will ever be the right tone for any female candidate seeking statewide office. It's sexist but true. There's a very fine line between tough and witchy.”

The latest polls show Kerry way, way behind Democratic candidate Deval Patrick; it would take a miracle for her to catch up now.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Gee, an anti-GOP article from the Boston Globe. What a shock. Didn't the Globe have Shannon O'Brien beating Romney by 5pts or so in 2002 when Romney won by that amount?

Healey will probably not win. The huge Dem advantage in MA, she's a woman, the Jane Swift experience, etc all conspire against her. Which is all too bad because if Patrick was getting the scrutiny he deserves (and not having 2 other candidates below 5% serving as his attack dogs) the race would be much closer. Perhaps MA needs a reminder of what a Dem governor means that caused them go for a GOP governor for the past 16 years.