A conspiracy theory about conspiracy theories
The Cahill lawsuit against his campaign consultants will hurt Baker because it’s an embarrassing distraction at a time when this should be a one-on-one race against Patrick. The Loscocco defection was supposed to be clean and simple. It hasn’t been. Now the GOP is urging an investigation of Cahill? … Hello, Republicans? Hello? Cahill is supposed to be fading right now. Let him fade. No one cares about his campaign tricks. He’s done. Hello? Anyone up there? … See ‘Stupid Party’ post below. …

The one man suppressing a big smile through all of this is none other than Deval Patrick. Remember: Before Cahill’s conspiracy theory and the GOP’s counter-conspiracy theory, the predominant conspiracy theory was that Cahill was merely acting as a third-candidate foil for Patrick in this race. Deval’s ‘hang tough’ call to Tim last week gives credence to the not-so-brilliant observation that Patrick wants Cahill to remain in the race. I wouldn’t be surprised at all to learn one day of emails between the two camps. But that’s not the point. The point is today’s distraction. …  ¶ 7:07 AM