I thought it was gender that was going to decide it, but....
Patrick Chooses Coakley For Governance
Martha Coakley, black leaders rally for supporters
Michelle Obama to stump for Coakley in Boston
"Michelle Obama backs Coakley at Dorchester stop" by Meghan E. Irons | Globe staff October 03, 2014
The White House treatment is meant to infuse life into Attorney General Martha Coakley’s campaign, [and it] got some high-powered backing Friday from Michelle Obama. Obama noted Coakley’s record advocating for victims of violence, including women and children.
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Sandwiched between some powerhouse speakers — including Councilor at Large Ayanna Pressley, Senator Edward J. Markey, Governor Deval Patrick, and Obama — Coakley struggled to keep enthusiasm high among the audience.
The crowd at one point seemed to buoy the candidate, chanting Martha, then Coakley.
A telling moment came at the end of the event, as hundreds of eager supporters stood up and applauded. Coakley, who had left the stage, reappeared and hugged Obama, holding her hand and waving. The two women walked to a far corner of the stage, but as Obama lingered to soak up the cheers, Coakley tugged at her hand, appearing to attempt to walk off.
The first lady tugged back at Coakley’s hand, holding her in place. The two women paused for a brief moment before walking off for good, with the attorney general leading.
Obama’s visit to Boston on her 22d wedding anniversary appeared to be an attempt to bring warmth and personal appeal in Coakley’s bid for governor.
Speaker after speaker also tried to fire up the Democratic base....
Hard to do after all the betrayals, isn't it?
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Do you know why she was here?
Also see:
Patrick considering pardons for drug convictions
Washington delegation asked to give to Coakley amid fund-raising woes
Judge delays decision on Partners accord
Baker, Coakley campaign at biotechnology forum
Martha Coakley, Charlie Baker don’t connect with tech audience
Charlie Baker’s alternative applies sick time only to larger firms
Sick time measure gets strong support
Time to bottle it up.
A ballot question with coattails
Coakley coattails?!
Charlie Baker is good at big business, but does he care about small?
Coakley tours Taunton State Hospital, pledges to keep mental health care facility open
Close Bridgewater?
Bridgewater State faulted for silence on rapes
Child advocacy group disputes Coakley on DCF suit
"Coakley ‘disgusted’ by TV ad, calls on Baker to condemn it" by Akilah Johnson | Globe staff October 03, 2014
SOMERVILLE — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley, who spent part of her career prosecuting child abuse cases, lashed out Thursday at a new television ad accusing her of not doing enough to protect children and demanded that Republican candidate Charlie Baker disavow it. He did not.
The tough new ad — created by the Commonwealth Future Political Action Committee, which supports Baker — and Coakley’s angry reaction to it are among the most personal episodes of the governor’s race to date.
“The ad is meritless. It’s intentionally misleading. It’s deceitful. And it’s outrageous,” Coakley, the state’s attorney general, said Thursday morning at her campaign headquarters, her voice at times strained with anger. “If he doesn’t pull it, it means he accepts it and that he endorses it.”
By Coakley’s side as she spoke were social workers, former colleagues, and Deborah Eappen, mother of Matthew Eappen, the 8½-month-old who died in the care of his nanny, Louise Woodward, in 1997. Coakley prosecuted the case.
Baker did not publicly reject the television commercial, nor call for its removal....
Haven't seen it, don't care.
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Related: Martha Coakley’s work for children lauded in ad
Coakley, Baker clash on early education in debate
"Where the gubernatorial candidates stand on education" by Michael Levenson | Globe Staff October 04, 2014
They can’t vote. They can’t read a ballot. And even if they could, they could not step up to the voting booth without a footstool.
Yet preschoolers are being targeted in nearly every speech by Martha Coakley, the Democratic candidate for governor, who says expanding prekindergarten programs would give children a boost on their way to elementary school and even keep them out of jail years later.
Charlie Baker, the Republican nominee, said he also supports more prekindergarten programs, but has questioned whether they are the most effective way to produce long-term academic success.
It is just one of several points of conflict between the two rivals, who share many overall goals, but emphasize different priorities on education.
The only differences I'm seeing is the letter after the name.
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No issue has gained more attention than expanding prekindergarten, an idea that has been embraced by President Obama, as well as by business executives who point to studies showing that good preschool programs lead to better reading skills in kindergarten and better academic performance later in school.
Isn't it great that the government and 1% are looking out for us all at this late date?
Baker has argued that if Coakley were to follow through on her campaign rhetoric and make prekindargarten free for all children, as part of the regular public school system, it would cost $1.5 billion annually and require a tax increase.
But Coakley’s plan is much more modest than that. She said that during the next four years, she would eliminate the waiting list of 16,400 children from low-income families who are eligible for state-subsidized preschool and daycare vouchers.
Coakley said that would cost $150 million annually. She has not explained how she would pay for the increase. She simply insists she will find room in the state budget.
“That should be our priority,” she said recently after visiting a Head Start center in Quincy, where she knelt at a table with 3- and 4-year-olds who were playing with a plastic hamburger and plastic broccoli. “That is my message to people in this race. That’s not Charlie Baker’s message. And that is one big difference between us.”
I'm tired of the political fooleys, sorry.
Coakley’s plans fall short of the promise she made in her primary night speech, when she declared, “When I am governor, there will be universal pre-K for all children.”
No kidding? A politician lied. Wow.
Related:
Charlie Baker, Martha Coakley tweak their primary stands
Charlie Baker’s shifts give fodder to Democrats
Baker embraces housing program that requires work or studies
Tough love.
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Coakley, who has been endorsed by the teachers’ association, has offered comparatively tentative support for more charter schools....
Coakley is less inclined than Baker to scrap the Common Core....
I already know where my vote is going.
Coakley shares the view of state officials who argue the new standards place greater emphasis on critical thinking by requiring students to explain their answers. That, in turn, will encourage schools to focus more on teaching those skills.
Yeah, right, after decades of nothing but politically-correct dogma, indoctrination, and inculcation.
Both candidates favor a longer school day and promote their own pet education ideas.
Coakley wants to increase the number of “support counselors” to find services for students who are hungry, homeless, or abused.
Hungry and homeless students are a national scandal that receives such little attention. Too many wars and other agendas to promote, I guess.
Baker wants vocational high schools to grant associate’s degrees and public colleges to award bachelor’s degrees in three years, saving tuition costs.
Two of independent candidates for governor, former business executive Evan Falchuk and venture capitalist Jeff McCormick, have advanced their agendas to improve schools....
A third independent candidate, Scott Lively, a Christian pastor, said he would prioritize home-schooling, then private religious schools, followed by charter schools, and, last, traditional public schools.
“The more that parents take responsibility for the education of their children, the better the result,” he wrote in an e-mail to the Globe. “Conversely, the more that parents defer to government to raise their children, the worse the result.”
I don't think religion will decide this election, but he's my guy.
He's against GMOs, did you know that?
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Isn't there anyone to vote for?
"At gubernatorial roast, third-party pols grab spotlight" by Nestor Ramos | Globe Staff October 04, 2014
Third-party candidates stole the show. If this year’s race was, in fact, a personality contest, Friday might have been their October surprise....
Interesting choice of words there, seeing as that was an election conspiracy. As for the race itself, it is a personality contest -- Baker vs. Coakley -- if Globe coverage is an indicator.
Coakley’s opening salvo to the audience of several hundred influential members of the growing Hispanic community was so baffling that the scattered laughter emerged from somewhere between politeness and pity; Baker punctuated a winding joke about parades before he inexplicably demanded that the audience close their eyes and picture him dancing.
It turns out third-party candidates have all the fun....
Alberto Vasallo III, president and chief executive of El Mundo, got off his share of potshots as host.
When Coakley had to leave in advance of her Friday campaign event with Michelle Obama, Vasallo shared a Photoshopped picture of Baker one-upping her by meeting with pop star Jennifer Lopez: “Welcome to Boston, sweetheart.”
The event had its serious side....
I'll let you judge four yourself if that is a series article or not.
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Sorry I'm not being serious about this clownish coverage.
