Wednesday, May 14, 2003
‘An early blow to Governor Mitt Romney’?: I don’t know about that. The Fifth Norfolk District race was closer than it should have been and would have been. The signal: Driscoll won by only 500 votes. ... Look at it another way: The Fifth Norfolk is 40 percent Democrat, 13 percent Republican. Question: Who broke for the nobody Sisk? Answer: Independents. The future hearts-and-minds battlefield. ...
... From Steve Bailey: ‘Come on. Be serious.’ ... From Tom Keane: “But what was wrong with Atkins' words? After all, she was only expressing -- pithily, perhaps -- what is pretty much political dogma: Education and crime are deeply and tightly linked.” ... I still can’t get out of my mind the image of Atkins breaking down and crying on the House floor. The idea she was out of step with dogma shattered her. ...
... From Steve Bailey: ‘Come on. Be serious.’ ... From Tom Keane: “But what was wrong with Atkins' words? After all, she was only expressing -- pithily, perhaps -- what is pretty much political dogma: Education and crime are deeply and tightly linked.” ... I still can’t get out of my mind the image of Atkins breaking down and crying on the House floor. The idea she was out of step with dogma shattered her. ...
