Posts from — September 2009

At the conclusion of her women’s endorsement press conference today, Coakley answered a question about sexism in the campaign by acknowledging that

… we still work with unconscious — totally unconscious — bias in the way people think and the way they speak about this race.  [Read more →]

Women are helping Coakley to blow past her fundraising goals.  Shanti Fry, one of three co-chairs of today’s women’s fundraising lunch (not affiliated with this blog) said that the event’s original goal had been to raise $75 thousand, but that contributions actually had exceeded $150 thousand.  [Read more →]

Today after Coakley’s women’s endorsement presser, State Rep. Jennifer Benson said that Capuano is distributing campaign literature claiming to be the only candidate against the death penalty.  Benson said:

It really aggravates me as a progressive Democrat to see her record misrepresented.

Asked about her opponent’s claims in an afternoon interview, Coakley said:

That’s totally inaccurate.  I’m against the death penalty.  I’ve been on record as being against the death penalty for a period of years now. 

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After reading a letter to the editor yesterday in South Coast Today, I’m thinking the whole “she’s timid” thing isn’t working.

The way Congressman Michael Capuano has entered the Senate race is disconcerting. Attacking his opponent for being “timid” when she was the first person to enter the Senate race — really? [Read more →]

• Coakley has women on her side in Senate race http://bit.ly/2J9r5C #

by Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine

A replacement has been named to hold the Massachusetts senate seat of the late Edward Kennedy. Paul Kirk, longtime Kennedy family friend and adviser, will hold the seat until a special election is held on January 19, 2010. [Read more →]

During his appearance on Jim Braude’s NECN show BroadSide, Capuano said something about experience that piqued my curiosity — and that turned out to be bogus.  [Read more →]

I have a legacy. I may not be from a prominent political family and I do not have a public platform to stand upon, but my legacy is important.  It is the legacy of the women who helped build our nation. [Read more →]

• Is MA a good old boy kind of state? http://bit.ly/OU4qC #

Things are happening almost too fast to keep up with today, but don’t miss this story on KennedySeat.com about Pagliuca and his non-existent voting record.