Sunday, September 17, 2006
'But who will beat him?'
Hub Blog moves ever so closer to making a bold prediction that Deval Patrick will win on Tuesday. ... Joan and Jeff are already trying to frame the post-primary issues. But, wait, what's that? It's the ghosts of Progressive-Hack Alliance present and past: 'Boss DiMasi' and Michael Dukakis. We'll assume it's still the 'new' Michael Dukakis, the one who 'changed' after losing to Ed King and became more 'pragmatic' his second time around when dealing with the boys. Somehow I don't think Democrats want Michael around to remind voters why they opted for GOP control of the corner office for 16 years. Is there not a Democrat who can stand up to the same Michael who couldn't stand up to Billy? Deval? Hello? ... Howie predicts a Deval win Tuesday. Brave man. I'm still stubbornly sticking to my 'surprise' scenario so I can proudly proclaim if it happens, 'I sort of got it right!' ...
Hub Blog moves ever so closer to making a bold prediction that Deval Patrick will win on Tuesday. ... Joan and Jeff are already trying to frame the post-primary issues. But, wait, what's that? It's the ghosts of Progressive-Hack Alliance present and past: 'Boss DiMasi' and Michael Dukakis. We'll assume it's still the 'new' Michael Dukakis, the one who 'changed' after losing to Ed King and became more 'pragmatic' his second time around when dealing with the boys. Somehow I don't think Democrats want Michael around to remind voters why they opted for GOP control of the corner office for 16 years. Is there not a Democrat who can stand up to the same Michael who couldn't stand up to Billy? Deval? Hello? ... Howie predicts a Deval win Tuesday. Brave man. I'm still stubbornly sticking to my 'surprise' scenario so I can proudly proclaim if it happens, 'I sort of got it right!' ...
